GORGIE COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC809811 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-05-08

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

86900Other human health activities
91040Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserve activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (8 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

11 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
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officers · AP01
2025-12-22
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officers · AP01
2025-12-19
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KOYAPPALLI, Arjun Ravi appointed
director
2025-12-19
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MILLER, Mark Patrick appointed
director
2025-06-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-01
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EVANS-MACLEOD, Tatjana appointed
director
2025-06-01
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O'BRIEN, Fiona appointed
director
2025-03-23
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CAMPBELL, Suzanne Lynsey appointed
director
2025-03-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-28
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FRENO, Brian appointed
director
2024-06-28
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LAZAR, Paul Leo appointed
director
2024-06-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-08
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Company incorporated
As GORGIE COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED
2024-05-08
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O'BRIEN, Brendan Henry appointed
director
2024-05-08
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

61/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2024-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

51 Gorgie Road

Edinburgh

EH11 2LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-21

Last: 2025-05-07