HAMILTON ORGANIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06470767 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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 (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-07-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-03-01
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    HAMILTON, Harry Duncan appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-24
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    HAMILTON, John Gordon resigned
    director
  15. 2018-08-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2010-03-01
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    HAMILTON, Charles John appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    HAMILTON, James Scott appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HAMILTON ORGANIC LIMITED
  22. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Vanessa Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Vanessa Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-01-11
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    HAMILTON, John Gordon appointed
    director
  27. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-01-11
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAMILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HAMILTON, Harry Duncan (same surname) appointed 2024-03-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ve & Js Hamilton & Cg Little As Trustees Of John & Vanessa Hamilton's 2015 Discretionary Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Ve & Js Hamilton & Cg Little As Trustees Of John & Vanessa Hamilton's 2015 Discretionary Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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HAMILTON ORGANIC LIMITED
This company · 06470767

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ve & Js Hamilton & Cg Little As Trustees Of John & Vanessa Hamilton's 2015 Discretionary Trust
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest02/02/2020
Mrs Vanessa Elizabeth Hamilton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Gordon Hamiltonceased 02/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

HAMILTON, Vanessa Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Charles John→
director · ~40y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Harry Duncan→
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, James Scott→
director · ~41y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Vanessa Elizabeth→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-11 · resigned 2008-01-11
Resigned
HAMILTON, John Gordon→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-01-11 · resigned 2019-03-24
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-11 · resigned 2008-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29