ORDENS FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC040133 · ltd · incorporated 1964-04-01

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 57.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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 57.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 57.3 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 (55/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 change-of-constitution
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-07
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2026-01-06
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2019-12-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-16
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2019-12-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-03
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2019-12-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-11-04
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TAYLOR, Grant Dawson Easton resigned
director
2019-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2019-07-31
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
corporate-secretary
2019-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2011-12-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-03-31
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TAYLOR, Stuart Grant resigned
director
2007-05-31
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TAYLOR, Gordon Alexander resigned
director
2006-04-28
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TAYLOR, Alan resigned
director
2005-05-20
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TAYLOR, John resigned
director
2001-11-28
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TAYLOR, Margaret Christina resigned
director
1998-02-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1996-04-01
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TAYLOR, Alan James appointed
director
1992-02-04
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TAYLOR, Alan resigned
director
1988-11-29
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
corporate-secretary
1972-06-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1969-01-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1964-04-01
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Company incorporated
As ORDENS FARMS 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 30 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan James Taylor Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
John Taylor Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Grant Dawson Easton Taylorceased 04/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1964-04-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

12-16 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

Grampian

AB10 1PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-01

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Active

TAYLOR, Alan James→

director · ~55y · appointed 1996-04-01

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Active

TAYLOR, John→

director · ~63y

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Active

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1988-11-29 · resigned 2019-07-31

Resigned

TAYLOR, Alan→

director · ~85y · resigned 2006-04-28

Resigned

TAYLOR, Alan→

director · ~110y · resigned 1992-02-04

Resigned

TAYLOR, Gordon Alexander→

director · ~79y · resigned 2007-05-31

Resigned

TAYLOR, Grant Dawson Easton→

director · ~63y · resigned 2019-11-04

Resigned

TAYLOR, John→

director · ~86y · resigned 2005-05-20

Resigned

TAYLOR, Margaret Christina→

director · ~107y · resigned 2001-11-28

Resigned

TAYLOR, Stuart Grant→

director · ~83y · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	12/12/2011	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	10/02/1998	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Bond & floating charge	1 property	29/06/1972	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Disposition & explanatory letter	1 property	10/01/1969	—

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Recent filings (134 total)

statement-of-companys-objects

change-of-constitution · CC04

2026-01-07

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2026-01-06

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-01-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-19