GLENSHEE PHEASANTRIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC382132 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-19
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01700
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 400 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12➕ANDREWS, Moyra appointeddirector
- 2025-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs GLENSHEE PHEASANTRIES LIMITED
- 2010-07-19➕ANDREWS, Stephen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- 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 |
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Mr Stephen Andrews Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Moyra Andrews Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01700 — SIC 01700
Registered office
Garden Cottage
Turin
Forfar
DD8 2UF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ANDREWS, Moyra→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDREWS, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (38 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23