MARSHALL CHERRIES (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC276374 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01250
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£42k£85k£127k£169k£211kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£213.0k
Current assets—£39.2k
Net assets—£211.5k
Average employees0—

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
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As MARSHALL CHERRIES (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  18. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Margaret Isabella appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Margaret Isabella appointed
    director
  20. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Peter Laird appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Rowan Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-11-23
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARSHALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rowan Alexander Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2021
Mr Peter Laird Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01250 — SIC 01250

Registered office

3 Castle Court
Carnegie Campus
Dunfermline
KY11 8PB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MARSHALL, Margaret Isabella→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-23
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Active
MARSHALL, Margaret Isabella→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-11-23
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Active
MARSHALL, Peter Laird→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-11-23
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Active
MARSHALL, Rowan Alexander→
director · ~43y · appointed 2004-11-23
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2004-11-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06