MUIREND FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC033965 · ltd · incorporated 1959-04-30
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£753.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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

1 live charge · oldest 19.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 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
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £753,727
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,643 YoY
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£102k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£754k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£170k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£152k£305k£457k£609k£761kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£753.7k£761.4k
Current assets£170.4k£152.6k
Cash£101.8k£122.1k
Debtors£66.6k£28.5k
Net assets£753.7k£761.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2023-11-24
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  4. 2022-10-13
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  5. 2021-11-04
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  6. 2020-10-21
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  7. 2019-11-22
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  8. 2018-09-17
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  9. 2017-10-11
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  10. 2016-11-14
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  11. 2016-01-11
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  12. 2015-10-07
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  13. 2015-03-19
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  16. 2008-03-31
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    CADZOW, Maxine appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-03-31
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    CADZOW, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2008-03-31
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    CADZOW, Maxine appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-31
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    HERD, Charlotte Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-31
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    HERD, Charlotte Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2000-05-16
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    CADZOW, Nigel James Neil resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-05-16
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    HERD, Charlotte Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-05-16
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    CADZOW, Nigel James Neil resigned
    director
  25. 1997-03-25
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    CADZOW, James Neil resigned
    director
  26. 1959-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MUIREND FARMING COMPANY 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
Mrs Morag Pauline Cadzow
Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated1959-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

1 Seaford Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2BZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

CADZOW, Maxine→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
CADZOW, Emma Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
CADZOW, Maxine→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
CADZOW, Morag Pauline→
director · ~81y
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Active
HERD, Charlotte Ann→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
CADZOW, Nigel James Neil→
secretary · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned
HERD, Charlotte Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
CADZOW, James Neil→
director · ~113y · resigned 1997-03-25
Resigned
CADZOW, Nigel James Neil→
director · ~83y · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property14/09/2006—
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Recent filings (107 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
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2025-09-26
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2025-01-23
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2025-01-15
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2024-01-03
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2023-11-24
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2023-01-11
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2022-10-13
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2022-01-06
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2021-11-04
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2021-01-05
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2020-10-21
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2020-01-07
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accounts · AA
2019-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-14