INTELLIGENT AGRICULTURE LIMITED
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Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-05-30➖ALLAN, Mairi Young resignedsecretary
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2017-11-15📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2017-11-14➕ALLAN, Mairi Young appointedsecretary
- 2017-11-14➖MACLEOD, John Thomson resignedsecretary
- 2017-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs INTELLIGENT AGRICULTURE LIMITED
- 2009-04-22➕MACLEOD, Ralph Hector appointeddirector
- 2009-04-22➕MACLEOD, John Thomson appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-22➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-22➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-22➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2009-04-22➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ralph Hector Macleod Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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