RURAL PIE CO LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC635007 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£20.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47810Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products
- 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).
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, 3 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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £20,615
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
Net Worth
£21k
Current Assets
£38k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £20.6k | — |
| Current assets | £38.4k | — |
| Cash | £1.1k | — |
| Debtors | £37.3k | — |
| Net assets | £20.6k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-02🏢Company incorporatedAs RURAL PIE CO LTD
- 2019-07-02➕SMITH, Amy Shelia appointeddirector
- 2019-07-02➕SMITH, Philip Michael appointeddirector
- 2019-07-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 Philip Michael Smith Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 02/07/2019 |
Mrs Amy Shelia Smith Individual · British · DOB 10/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 02/07/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Registered office
Lagmhor Office
Little Dunkeld
Dunkeld
Perth And Kinross
PH8 0AD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SMITH, Amy Shelia→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2019-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Philip Michael→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-22