D. & D. W. D. THOMSON

🌳Matureactive
SC030287 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1954-09-21
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 39.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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 with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-01-14
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-14
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-12-14
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    THOMSON, David William Drysdale resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-12-14
    ➖
    THOMSON, David William Drysdale resigned
    director
  6. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  7. 2015-12-17
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    capital · SH10
  8. 2015-12-17
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    capital · SH08
  9. 2015-12-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2014-12-15
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  11. 2013-12-05
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  12. 2012-12-06
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  13. 2011-12-12
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  14. 2010-11-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2009-12-14
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  16. 2009-12-14
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    officers · CH01
  17. 1997-04-24
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    THOMSON, William David Mckinnon appointed
    director
  18. 1993-12-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 1989-01-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sheila Drysdale Brools
  20. 1987-02-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1954-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As D. & D. W. D. THOMSON

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "THOMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William David Mckinnon Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
25–50%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1954-09-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Cessford
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 8EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

THOMSON, Leslie→
director · ~82y
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Active
THOMSON, William David Mckinnon→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-04-24
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Active
THOMSON, David William Drysdale→
secretary · resigned 2024-12-14
Resigned
THOMSON, David William Drysdale→
director · ~83y · resigned 2024-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Sheila Drysdale Brools
Floating charge1 property18/01/198913/12/1993
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property27/02/1987—
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Recent filings (68 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-16
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officers · TM01
2025-01-14
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officers · TM02
2025-01-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-11-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2016-11-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21