LUFFNESS MAINS FARMING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC032336 · ltd · incorporated 1957-05-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 45.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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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
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 69). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 45.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.2 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: high (80/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees12001100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-02
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-10-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-10-01
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    KNOTTENBELT, Geert appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-13
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    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-24
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  12. 2021-02-12
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  13. 2019-09-12
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  14. 2019-02-22
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  15. 2018-02-16
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  16. 2017-11-28
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2017-11-28
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    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2017-11-28
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    Charge satisfied #5
  19. 2017-11-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2015-10-01
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    STEVENSON, Hayley Elizabeth Symmons resigned
    director
  21. 2014-12-31
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    STEVENSON, Nicholas James Symmons resigned
    director
  22. 2014-04-01
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    RICHARDSON, Alison appointed
    director
  23. 2013-08-01
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    STEVENSON, Hayley Elizabeth Symmons appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-01
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    STEVENSON, John Meikle resigned
    director
  25. 2011-02-01
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    STEVENSON, Nicholas James Symmons appointed
    director
  26. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons resigned
    secretary
  27. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons resigned
    director
  28. 2001-05-29
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2001-05-28
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    STEVENSON, Eileen Ann resigned
    secretary
  30. 2001-05-28
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons appointed
    secretary
  31. 2001-05-28
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Eileen Ann resigned
    director
  32. 2001-05-28
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons appointed
    director
  33. 1988-04-14
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    Charge satisfied #4
  34. 1987-08-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: A a Hooker & Co LTD
  35. 1986-12-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  36. 1981-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 1957-05-31
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    Company incorporated
    As LUFFNESS MAINS FARMING LTD

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-10-02: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Malcolm Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1957-05-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Luffness Mains Farm
Aberlady
Longniddry
East Lothian
EH32 0PZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

KNOTTENBELT, Geert→
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Alison→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENSON, Allan Malcolm→
director · ~69y
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Active
STEVENSON, Eileen Ann→
secretary · resigned 2001-05-28
Resigned
STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-28 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
STEVENSON, Eileen Ann→
director · ~91y · resigned 2001-05-28
Resigned
STEVENSON, Hayley Elizabeth Symmons→
director · ~31y · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2015-10-01
Resigned
STEVENSON, John Meikle→
director · ~95y · resigned 2011-02-01
Resigned
STEVENSON, Louise Amanda Symmons→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-05-28 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
STEVENSON, Nicholas James Symmons→
director · ~33y · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2014-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/05/200128/11/2017
satisfied
A a Hooker & Co
A a Hooker & Co LTD
Bond & floating charge1 property20/08/198714/04/1988
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property12/12/1986—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/02/198128/11/2017
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Recent filings (128 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22