BRAHAN FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC048495 · ltd · incorporated 1971-03-15

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 37.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 37.5 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 (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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-11-26
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-03-14
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accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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officers · AP01
2023-02-11
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MATHESON, Nadine Anna Maria appointed
director
2022-11-09
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capital · RP04SH01
2022-11-08
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capital · SH01
2022-11-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-07
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officers · CH01
2022-11-07
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officers · CH01
2022-05-12
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officers · TM02
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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officers · AP03
2022-02-24
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officers · TM01
2022-02-15
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MATHESON, Nadine appointed
secretary
2022-02-15
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MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay resigned
secretary
2022-02-15
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MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay resigned
director
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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2019-01-07
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2014-11-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-10-19
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MATHESON, Alexander Ian appointed
director
2002-11-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2001-07-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Dingwall & Ua Partnership Limited
2000-12-02
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MATHESON, Frances Mary resigned
director
1988-11-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1971-03-15
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Company incorporated
As BRAHAN FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MATHESON, Nadine Anna Maria (same surname) appointed 2023-02-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Ian Matheson Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1974 · age 52	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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KINGSBURGH FOREST TRUST→ SC227429 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	75y
MJM (FARMERS) LIMITED→ SC288996 · est 2005	—	—	£1.80M	—	20y	83	71y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1971-03-15

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Brahan Estate Office

Brahan

Dingwall

Ross-Shire

IV7 8EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-12

Last: 2025-04-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MATHESON, Nadine→

secretary · appointed 2022-02-15

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Active

MATHESON, Alexander Ian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-10-19

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Active

MATHESON, Andrew Malcolm Hugh→

director · ~84y

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Active

MATHESON, Nadine Anna Maria→

director · ~50y · appointed 2023-02-11

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Active

MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay→

secretary · resigned 2022-02-15

Resigned

MATHESON, Frances Mary→

director · ~118y · resigned 2000-12-02

Resigned

MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay→

director · ~79y · resigned 2022-02-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/11/2014	—
satisfied	Dingwall & Ua Partnership Dingwall & Ua Partnership Limited	Floating charge	1 property	09/07/2001	08/11/2002
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	07/11/1988	—

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Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-02-24

second-filing-capital-allotment-shares

capital · RP04SH01

2022-11-09

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2022-11-08

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2022-11-07

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2022-11-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-11-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-11-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-12