BRAIDESTONE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC048992 · ltd · incorporated 1971-07-28
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 17.1y 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: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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 17.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.1 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
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
96 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2022-01-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-01-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  11. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Gordon William appointed
    director
  19. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Adam Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Peter James appointed
    director
  21. 2009-04-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
  22. 1997-04-26
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Edith Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 1994-04-26
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, William Grant appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-01-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Leslie Diane appointed
    director
  25. 1992-03-17
    ➖
    CUTHBERT, William Johnston resigned
    director
  26. 1971-07-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAIDESTONE FARMS LIMITED

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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Grant Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated1971-07-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

ROBERTSON, William Grant→
secretary · appointed 1994-04-26
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Active
ROBERTSON, Adam Edward→
director · ~36y · appointed 2012-01-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Gordon William→
director · ~30y · appointed 2015-01-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Leslie Diane→
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-01-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Peter James→
director · ~34y · appointed 2012-01-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, William Grant→
director · ~69y
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Active
ROBERTSON, Edith Mary→
secretary · resigned 1997-04-26
Resigned
CUTHBERT, William Johnston→
director · resigned 1992-03-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/04/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—14/01/2022—
outstanding
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
Standard security1 property07/04/2009—
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Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-10