CORNHILLS HOLDING LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC816530 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-16
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: medium (64/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-31
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-25
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2025-02-19
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-02-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CORNHILLS HOLDING LIMITED
  8. 2024-07-16
    WADDELL, Isobel Janet Dunsmore appointed
    director
  9. 2024-07-16
    WADDELL, James Alexander appointed
    director
  10. 2024-07-16
    WADDELL, John Brown appointed
    director
  11. 2024-07-16
    WADDELL, Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  12. 2024-07-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 88 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
Incorporated2024-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Cornhills Farm
Muttonhole Road
Hamilton
ML3 8RX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WADDELL, Isobel Janet Dunsmore
director · ~84y · appointed 2024-07-16
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Active
WADDELL, James Alexander
director · ~88y · appointed 2024-07-16
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Active
WADDELL, John Brown
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-07-16
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Active
WADDELL, Thomas Alexander
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-07-16
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-02-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-16