BIRNIE & STEWART LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC495523 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£40.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -87% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £40,618
Cash draining
Cash down 87% YoY
Cash YoY
-87%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 87% YoY
Net Worth
£41k
↑ 117% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £2.1k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £40.6k | £18.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-04-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-02-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRNIE & STEWART LTD
- 2015-01-20➕BIRNIE, Paul James appointeddirector
- 2015-01-20➕STEWART, John appointeddirector
- 2015-01-20➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2015-01-20➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIRNIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 John Stewart Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/01/2017 |
Mr Paul James Birnie Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| IAN G DONALD (POTATOES) LTD→ SC331783 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| IAN R MACKIE LTD.→ SC242421 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| IAN RITCHIE (FISHING) LIMITED→ SC297427 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| INICIO-FRESCO LIMITED→ SC447307 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| INNES FARMS LIMITED→ SC438543 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| INVERQUHOMERY FARM LIMITED→ SC157211 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| J GATT FISHING LTD→ SC843816 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110
Registered office
79 Broad Street
Fraserburgh
AB43 9AU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BIRNIE, Paul James→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEWART, John→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2015-01-20 · resigned 2015-01-20
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-27