BRAHAN FARMS LIMITED

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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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 37.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.7 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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
117 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-02-11
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    MATHESON, Nadine Anna Maria appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-09
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  8. 2022-11-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-11-07
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2022-11-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2022-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-05-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2022-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-02-15
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    MATHESON, Nadine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2022-02-15
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    MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay resigned
    secretary
  19. 2022-02-15
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    MATHESON, Judith Helen Mackay resigned
    director
  20. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-11-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2009-10-19
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    MATHESON, Alexander Ian appointed
    director
  24. 2002-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2001-07-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Dingwall & Ua Partnership Limited
  26. 2000-12-02
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    MATHESON, Frances Mary resigned
    director
  27. 1988-11-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Ian Matheson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

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

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property25/11/2014—
satisfied
Dingwall & Ua Partnership
Dingwall & Ua Partnership Limited
Floating charge1 property09/07/200108/11/2002
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property07/11/1988—
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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
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