A A & D FRASER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC474087 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-01

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.44M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,442,715

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£431k

↓ 3.0% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Assets

£531k

↓ 8.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.79M	£1.72M
Current assets	£530.6k	£577.4k
Cash	£431.1k	£444.2k
Debtors	£25.4k	£99.5k
Net assets	£1.44M	£1.40M

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts · AA
2019-08-07
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accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-27
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accounts · AA
2016-04-06
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-11
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accounts · AA01
2014-04-01
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Company incorporated
As A A & D FRASER LIMITED
2014-04-01
➕
FRASER, Alexander appointed
director
2014-04-01
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FRASER, Alistair Finlay appointed
director
2014-04-01
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FRASER, Anne Rae appointed
director
2014-04-01
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FRASER, Donald Alexander appointed
director
2014-04-01
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FRASER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donald Alexander Fraser Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Alistair Finlay Fraser Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-04-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

250 Rearquhar

Dornoch

Sutherland

IV25 3NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

FRASER, Alexander→

director · ~79y · appointed 2014-04-01

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FRASER, Alistair Finlay→

director · ~46y · appointed 2014-04-01

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Active

FRASER, Anne Rae→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-04-01

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Active

FRASER, Donald Alexander→

director · ~49y · appointed 2014-04-01

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