PALLINSBURN ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09398712 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-37.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £37,858
Very low cash
Cash position: £-706
Net assets shrinking
Down £297,063 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
-£706
↓ 168% YoY
Net Worth
-£38k
↓ 115% YoY
Current Assets
£288k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£38k£46k£130k£213k£297k£381kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-012024-03-01
Total assets£863.7k£981.7k
Current assets£287.7k£380.8k
Cash£-706£-263
Debtors£46.4k£58.8k
Net assets£-37.9k£259.2k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-05-05
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  3. 2025-11-28
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  4. 2024-11-29
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  5. 2023-11-30
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  6. 2022-11-25
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  7. 2021-12-01
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  8. 2020-11-30
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  9. 2019-11-29
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  10. 2018-11-29
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  11. 2017-11-22
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  12. 2016-10-10
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  13. 2016-02-02
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  14. 2015-03-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2015-02-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2015-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As PALLINSBURN ESTATE LIMITED
  17. 2015-01-21
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    FARR, George Nelson appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-21
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    FARR, Jane Frances appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-21
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Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Nelson Farr
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Frances Farr
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Pallinsburn
Cornhill-On-Tweed
TD12 4SG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last made up to: 2025-03-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FARR, George Nelson→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-01-21
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Active
FARR, Jane Frances→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-01-21
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—27/02/2015—
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Recent filings (26 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23