CARCANT ESTATES LIMITED
Company number SC030457 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Carcant Estates Limited is a conservatively-capitalised, asset-rich Scottish rural estate with a 70-year heritage, whose strategic value lies in its land holdings and financial optionality rather than operational scale. The primary imperative is transitioning from passive asset stewardship to active value creation—leveraging the strong balance sheet to diversify into tourism, renewables, or residential development—while addressing governance complexity that could impede decisive action. The company's next chapter will be defined by whether the multi-stakeholder board can align on a growth strategy or remain constrained by legacy holding patterns.
Shareholders' funds
£280,184
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1954-12-20
- Employees
- 0 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Carcant, Heriot, Midlothian, EH38 5YE
- Postcode
- EH38 5YE
- Capital
- 6,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-26
- Next due by
- 2027-09-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1500 Mixed farming
Officers 11 current · 15 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA867815 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
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Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 110 similar companies in EH, trading since 1954
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 27 among mixed farming in Edinburgh.