BONDE (CHARLETON) FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC045534 · ltd · incorporated 1968-03-19
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 38.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 38.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-03-14
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  4. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2018-03-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2018-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-03-16
    ➖
    PAGAN OSBORNE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2011-01-27
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    BONDE, Carl-Michael Wilhelm, St Clair appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-14
    ➖
    BONDE, John Anstruther Carl Knutson resigned
    director
  22. 2006-03-09
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    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-03-09
    ➕
    PAGAN OSBORNE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1994-02-01
    ➕
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1994-02-01
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    PAGAN OSBORNE GRACE & CALDERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1987-06-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1968-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BONDE (CHARLETON) FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BONDE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 58 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
Baron Knut Harald Jons St Clair Bonde
Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
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
Incorporated1968-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Charleton House
Colinsburgh
Leven
Fife
KY9 1HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BONDE, Carl-Michael Wilhelm, St Clair→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONDE, Knut Harald Jons St Clair→
director · ~80y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-02-01 · resigned 2006-03-09
Resigned
PAGAN OSBORNE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-09 · resigned 2018-03-16
Resigned
PAGAN OSBORNE GRACE & CALDERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 1994-02-01
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-03-16 · resigned 2026-03-14
Resigned
BONDE, John Anstruther Carl Knutson→
director · ~108y · resigned 2009-03-14
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 property02/06/1987—
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Recent filings (100 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06