SOS FARMING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10780898 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-20
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.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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 with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As SOS FARMING LTD
  15. 2017-05-20
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    OLIVER, Geoffrey Stanley appointed
    director
  16. 2017-05-20
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    OLIVER, Robert John appointed
    director
  17. 2017-05-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Robert John Oliver
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2018
Mr Geoffrey Stanley Oliver
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2018

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
Incorporated2017-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick Upon Tweed
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

OLIVER, Geoffrey Stanley→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-05-20
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Active
OLIVER, Robert John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-05-20
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20