ERIC BOYD FORESTRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255830 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£532.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £532,147
Cash YoY
+90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£290k
↑ 90% YoY
Net Worth
£532k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£738k
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£148k£295k£443k£590k£738kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£577.9k£521.4k
Current assets£737.6k£700.1k
Cash£290.1k£152.7k
Debtors£203.3k£407.1k
Net assets£532.1k£445.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2018-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-10-01
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-10-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-10-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-03-04
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    BOYD, Monika appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-15
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    BOYD, Monika appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-09-15
    ➕
    BOYD, Eric Angus appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-09-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ERIC BOYD FORESTRY LIMITED
  23. 2003-09-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOYD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Eric Angus Boyd
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

1st Floor 145 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 5JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOYD, Monika→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-15
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Active
BOYD, Eric Angus→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-15
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Active
BOYD, Monika→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-04
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-11 · resigned 2003-09-15
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-11 · resigned 2003-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17