NEWTYLE BULB AND FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC024907 · ltd · incorporated 1946-12-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 40.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 40.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (55/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-06➕BURNETT, Valerie Mabel appointeddirector
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2017-05-03📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2017-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-13📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2017-04-13📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2017-04-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-06-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-06-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-12-04➖BURNETT, Margaret Davina Burns resignedsecretary
- 2014-12-04➖BURNETT, Margaret Davina Burns resigneddirector
- 2013-10-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-06-01➕BURNETT, John Colin appointeddirector
- 1985-10-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1946-12-31🏢Company incorporatedAs NEWTYLE BULB AND FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +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
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 79 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Alistair Burnett Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1946-12-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Kirkton Of Nevay
Newtyle
Angus
PH12 8SJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BURNETT, John Colin→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2012-06-01
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Active
BURNETT, Valerie Mabel→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2022-04-06
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BURNETT, Margaret Davina Burns→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2014-12-04
BURNETT, Margaret Davina Burns→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 2014-12-04
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/06/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/06/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/10/1985 | 05/10/2013 |
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Recent filings (100 total)
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2026-03-09
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2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-04-17
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2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-04-13
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2022-12-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06