COOKSTON FARMS

🌳Matureactive
SC036246 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1961-03-24
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 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2021-03-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2021-03-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2021-03-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2016-12-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2016-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corportation PLC
  6. 2016-01-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  7. 2015-01-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  8. 2014-01-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  9. 2013-01-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  10. 2012-01-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  11. 2011-01-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2010-04-29
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2010-04-01
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    ROBERTSON, Fiona appointed
    director
  14. 2010-01-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2010-01-27
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2010-01-27
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2009-11-12
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    ROBERTSON, Margaret Monro resigned
    director
  18. 2009-05-11
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    ROBERTSON, David Yeaman appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-05-11
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, David Robert William appointed
    director
  20. 2009-05-11
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    ROBERTSON, Euan George Murdoch appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-11
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    ROBERTSON, Margaret Monro resigned
    secretary
  22. 1998-05-22
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, George Petrie resigned
    director
  23. 1997-09-17
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Robert resigned
    director
  24. 1996-08-08
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    ROBERTSON, Margaret Monro appointed
    director
  25. 1961-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As COOKSTON FARMS

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Yeaman Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Euan George Murdoch Robertson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/08/2020
Mrs Fiona Roberston
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/08/2020
Mr David Roberston
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/08/2020

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
Incorporated1961-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Cookston
Eassie
Angus
DD8 1SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTSON, David Yeaman→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-11
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Active
ROBERTSON, David Robert William→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-05-11
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Active
ROBERTSON, David Yeaman→
director · ~73y
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Active
ROBERTSON, Euan George Murdoch→
director · ~38y · appointed 2009-05-11
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Active
ROBERTSON, Fiona→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Margaret Monro→
secretary · resigned 2009-05-11
Resigned
ROBERTSON, George Petrie→
director · ~75y · resigned 1998-05-22
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Margaret Monro→
director · ~102y · appointed 1996-08-08 · resigned 2009-11-12
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Robert→
director · ~105y · resigned 1997-09-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Agricultural Mortgage Corportation
Agricultural Mortgage Corportation PLC
A registered charge1 property01/12/2016—
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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-01-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2016-12-07