FARLIE HOUSE FARM & GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC033668 · ltd · incorporated 1959-02-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
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
88 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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-09-27
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  5. 2021-09-02
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  6. 2020-08-04
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  7. 2019-07-01
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  8. 2018-07-10
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  9. 2017-08-07
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  10. 2016-08-16
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  11. 2015-09-01
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  12. 2015-08-10
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  13. 2014-08-11
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  14. 2014-08-06
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  15. 2013-08-13
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  16. 2002-04-19
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    FINLAYSON, John Ronald resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-04-07
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    CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Hugh Peter appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-07
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    CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Anna Maria appointed
    director
  19. 2001-08-21
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    CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Hugh Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-05
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    DAVIDSON, Chalmers Hunter resigned
    director
  21. 2001-07-20
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    DAVIDSON, Chalmers Hunter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-07-20
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    FINLAYSON, John Ronald appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-30
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    DAVIDSON, Ursula Constable resigned
    director
  24. 1994-09-30
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    MAXWELL, Betty Constable resigned
    director
  25. 1959-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FARLIE HOUSE FARM & GARDENS LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hugh Peter Constable Maxwell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1959-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Farlie House
Beauly
Invernessshire
IV4 7AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Hugh Peter→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Anna Maria→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Hugh Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Chalmers Hunter→
secretary · resigned 2001-07-20
Resigned
FINLAYSON, John Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-20 · resigned 2002-04-19
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Chalmers Hunter→
director · ~111y · resigned 2001-08-05
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Ursula Constable→
director · ~115y · resigned 2001-06-30
Resigned
MAXWELL, Betty Constable→
director · ~119y · resigned 1994-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-13