ROBERT MORRIS & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC013361 · ltd · incorporated 1924-10-25

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

78/100

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

55100Hotels and similar accommodation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 62/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 20.4y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	1600	1600

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

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5 signals 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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-04-29
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2025-03-27
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2025-03-27
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2025-03-27
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officers · AP01
2025-03-27
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2025-03-27
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2025-03-27
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2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Annie Georgia appointed
director
2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Joanna Louise June appointed
director
2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Nicola Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Patrick Robert appointed
director
2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Michael Robert resigned
secretary
2025-03-20
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MORRIS, Michael Robert resigned
director
2024-04-25
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2023-05-02
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2022-04-13
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2021-04-30
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2020-07-23
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2019-04-29
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2018-04-06
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2016-03-09
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-10-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2012-02-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-11-28
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MORRIS, Stuart Cramond resigned
director
2008-07-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: A & J Stephen Limited
2005-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-03-28
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MORRIS, Gavin William resigned
director
1998-03-27
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MORRIS, Neil Fraser appointed
director
1998-03-27
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MORRIS, Gavin William appointed
director
1998-03-27
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MORRIS, Patrick Scrimgeour resigned
director
1998-03-27
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MORRIS, Stuart Cramond appointed
director
1992-04-10
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MORRIS, Robert Low resigned
director
1924-10-25
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Company incorporated
As ROBERT MORRIS & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORRIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neil Fraser Morris Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated1924-10-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Nethermill Farm

Burrelton

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH13 9PH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10