HYSLOP BROTHERS LIMITED

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SC295009 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2024
Net worth
£274.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £274,357

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£274k
Current Assets
£204k
Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£110k£165k£219k£274kMay 2023May 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£274.4k—
Current assets£204.2k—
Net assets£274.4k—
Average employees—500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-21
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  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2023-05-04
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-02-17
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  6. 2021-05-31
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  7. 2020-02-24
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-02-11
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  10. 2017-02-06
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  11. 2016-02-29
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  12. 2016-02-09
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  13. 2015-01-21
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  14. 2014-11-26
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  15. 2014-11-16
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  16. 2013-11-30
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    ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill resigned
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  17. 2007-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2006-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As HYSLOP BROTHERS LIMITED
  19. 2006-01-04
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    HYSLOP, Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2006-01-04
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    ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-01-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-01-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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  24. 2006-01-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HYSLOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Carleton Lodge
Lendalfoot
Girvan
KA26 0JF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

HYSLOP, Gordon→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-01-04
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Active
ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-01-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-01-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property02/04/2007—
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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-01-29
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2025-05-21
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2025-01-22
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2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
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address · AD01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-28