GRAHAMS THE FAMILY DAIRY (MILK PRODUCTS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC520864 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-23

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 10.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10519

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-06
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officers · AP01
2026-04-01
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MATTHEW, Rachel appointed
director
2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
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other · GUARANTEE2
2025-12-19
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other · AGREEMENT2
2025-12-19
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2024-10-25
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2024-10-25
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-10-25
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other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-25
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-12-14
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2023-12-14
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-12-14
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-12-14
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-01-06
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-01-06
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other · GUARANTEE2
2021-12-29
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2021-12-29
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other · GUARANTEE2
2021-12-29
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2019-11-15
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GRAHAM, Jean Ferguson appointed
secretary
2017-11-14
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-04-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2016-04-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-11-23
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Company incorporated
As GRAHAMS THE FAMILY DAIRY (MILK PRODUCTS) LIMITED
2015-11-23
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GRAHAM, Carol Bishop appointed
director
2015-11-23
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GRAHAM, Jean Ferguson appointed
director
2015-11-23
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GRAHAM, Robert Alexander, Dr appointed
director
2015-11-23
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GRAHAM, Robert Bishop appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRAHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Grahams The Family Dairy Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Grahams The Family Dairy Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GRAHAMS THE FAMILY DAIRY (MILK PRODUCTS) LIMITED

This company · SC520864

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Grahams The Family Dairy Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2015-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10519 — SIC 10519

Registered office

Airthrey Kerse Farm Henderson Street

Bridge Of Allan

Stirling

FK9 4RW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20