MAESQUOY FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC343177 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£657.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 17.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £657,563
Cash YoY
+408%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£87k
↑ 408% YoY
Net Worth
£658k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£818k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £954.0k | £788.4k |
| Current assets | £818.2k | £654.6k |
| Cash | £87.4k | £17.2k |
| Debtors | £131.8k | £59.9k |
| Net assets | £657.6k | £477.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-dateannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-08-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs MAESQUOY FARMS LIMITED
- 2008-05-21➕SINCLAIR, Annette appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-21➕SINCLAIR, Annette appointeddirector
- 2008-05-21➕SINCLAIR, Edwin appointeddirector
- 2008-05-21➕SINCLAIR, James Edwin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Edwin Sinclair Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Annette Sinclair Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| M MACKENZIE SERVICES LTD→ SC860867 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MILLENNIUM (ORKNEY) LTD→ SC466065 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| NORTH SUTHERLAND COMMUNITY FORESTRY TRUST→ SC161610 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
| NOSS FARM LTD→ SC246220 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| OLGRINMORE FOREST LTD→ SC398988 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ORKNEY BERE LTD→ SC800938 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ORKNEY DIVED SCALLOPS LTD→ SC456964 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ORKNEY GREEN LTD→ SC719566 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ORKNEY OYSTERS LTD→ SC626980 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ORKNEY SCALLOPS LTD→ SC640264 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420
Registered office
Maesquoy
Harray
Orkney
KW17 2LE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-04
Last: 2025-05-21
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
SINCLAIR, Annette→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-21
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SINCLAIR, Edwin→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-21
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SINCLAIR, James Edwin→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-21
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 15/02/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 25/08/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-01