CAIRNTON ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC305011 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-05
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 03120SIC 03120
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
53 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2023-12-14
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Douglas Paterson Ruxton
  5. 2023-07-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-03-01
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Bradley appointed
    director
  11. 2019-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2017-06-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-05
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-08-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Adrian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Adrian appointed
    director
  20. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Kevin appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-27
    ➖
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-07-27
    ➖
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAIRNTON ESTATE LIMITED
  24. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Adria Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Adria Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
CAIRNTON ESTATE LIMITED
This company · SC305011

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adria Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · AB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
FYVIE ESTATE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→
SC052080 · est 1972 · no financials extracted
————53y——
GRAMPIAN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD.→
SC294646 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
————20y——
GROUND BOUND LTD→
SC853435 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
IAN G DONALD (POTATOES) LTD→
SC331783 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————18y——
J MORGAN FISHING LTD→
SC732920 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
J. DOUGLAS FOWLIE LIMITED→
SC157213 · est 1995 · no financials extracted
————31y——
J.A. BUCHAN LTD.→
SC268534 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
————21y——
J.A.L. (FISHING) LIMITED→
SC241182 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
J.J. FISHING LTD.→
SC343627 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
JACKTAR GRAEME LTD.→
SC261008 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
JADELEIGH ELECTRICAL LTD.→
SC256903 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
JAMAR FISHING LTD.→
SC311430 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
————19y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Adria House Hareness Circle
Altens Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB12 3LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Adrian→
director · ~83y · appointed 2006-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Bradley→
director · ~28y · appointed 2020-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Kevin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-07-27
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-07-27
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Douglas Paterson Ruxton / Margaret Elizabeth Ruxton
A registered charge2 properties14/12/2023—
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-24