CHALMERS-WATSON ARDTARAIG LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive

SC626352 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-02

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of agricultural holding companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-14
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capital · SH01
2019-04-02
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Company incorporated
As CHALMERS-WATSON ARDTARAIG LTD.
2019-04-02
➕
SIMPSON, Nicola appointed
secretary
2019-04-02
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CHALMERS-WATSON, Keith appointed
director
2019-04-02
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GEDDES, Marcus Campbell appointed
director
2019-04-02
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SIMPSON, Nicola appointed
director
2019-04-02
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHALMERS-WATSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith Chalmers-Watson Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	02/04/2019
Mrs Nicola Simpson Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	02/04/2019
Mr Marcus Campbell Geddes Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	02/04/2019

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

Incorporated2019-04-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64201 — Activities of agricultural holding companies

Registered office

Estate Office

Fenton Barns

North Berwick

EH39 5BW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SIMPSON, Nicola→

secretary · appointed 2019-04-02

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Active

CHALMERS-WATSON, Keith→

director · ~81y · appointed 2019-04-02

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Active

GEDDES, Marcus Campbell→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-02

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Active

SIMPSON, Nicola→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-02

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Active

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