J & S GARRIOCH LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC726767 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-18

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£314.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

8 filings

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £314,650

Cash YoY

+85%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£171k

↑ 85% YoY

Net Worth

£315k

↑ 97% YoY

Current Assets

£693k

↑ 5.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£348.6k	£246.3k
Current assets	£693.0k	£654.3k
Cash	£171.3k	£92.4k
Debtors	£124.0k	£128.4k
Net assets	£314.6k	£159.6k

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

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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

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 (10 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
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Company incorporated
As J & S GARRIOCH LIMITED
2022-03-18
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GARRIOCH, Amy Louise appointed
director
2022-03-18
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GARRIOCH, James David appointed
director
2022-03-18
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GARRIOCH, Lindsey Anne appointed
director
2022-03-18
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GARRIOCH, Neil Robert appointed
director
2022-03-18
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GARRIOCH, Sandra Margaret appointed
director
2022-03-18
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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GARRIOCH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GARRIOCH, Amy Louise (same surname) appointed 2022-03-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-03-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Rivestone Kinnoir

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

AB54 7YX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last: 2026-03-17