RM AND JF SEED LTD

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SC070428 · ltd · incorporated 1980-01-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£718.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 46.1y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (4 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
147 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £717,976
Net assets shrinking
Down £570,737 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 94% YoY
Cash YoY
-94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£398
↓ 94% YoY
Net Worth
£718k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 702% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£316k£632k£948k£1.3m£1.6mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-302024-05-30
Total assets£4.78M£1.29M
Current assets£1.58M£197.0k
Cash£398£6.2k
Debtors£866.2k£174.1k
Net assets£718.0k£1.29M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-01
    ➕
    SEED, Gillian appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2024-06-25
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  8. 2024-06-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2024-06-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-06-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-06-07
    ➕
    SEED, Angus appointed
    director
  13. 2024-06-07
    ➕
    SEED, Sandra Jane appointed
    director
  14. 2024-05-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2024-05-23
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
  16. 2024-05-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-03-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2020-03-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2020-03-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2020-03-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Alexander Stewart Dudgeon
  25. 2020-03-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  26. 2020-02-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  27. 2019-05-11
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2019-04-16
    ➕
    SEED, David Archibald appointed
    director
  29. 2019-04-16
    ➖
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2019-04-16
    ➖
    DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart resigned
    director
  31. 2019-04-16
    ➖
    DUDGEON, Charles Leighton resigned
    director
  32. 2019-04-16
    ➕
    STEWART CLARK, Alexander appointed
    director
  33. 2019-04-16
    ➖
    STEWART CLARK, Alexander resigned
    director
  34. 2018-07-19
    ➕
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2018-05-10
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2016-06-27
    ➖
    DUDGEON, John Gerald resigned
    director
  37. 2008-09-19
    ➖
    DUDGEON, John Alan resigned
    director
  38. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2006-08-03
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 2005-08-26
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  41. 2001-06-21
    ➖
    DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart resigned
    secretary
  42. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1998-05-18
    ➖
    DUDGEON, Sheila Ann Mackellar resigned
    director
  44. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart appointed
    secretary
  45. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart resigned
    secretary
  46. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    SCOTT OSWALD & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  47. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    SCOTT OSWALD & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  48. 1995-05-30
    ➕
    DUDGEON, John Alan appointed
    director
  49. 1982-07-28
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Caledonian Insurance Company
  50. 1980-05-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SEED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Merryhall Farming Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Merryhall Farming Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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RM AND JF SEED LTD
This company · SC070428

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Merryhall Farming Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting16/04/2019
6 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Watt Shepherdceased 16/04/2019· 50-75% shares · trust interest
  • Mr Charles Leighton Dudgeonceased 05/04/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Alexander Stewart Dudgeonceased 05/04/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Andrew Shepherdceased 21/03/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Mr Charles Leighton Dudgeonceased 16/04/2019· 50-75% shares · trust interest
  • Dr Alexander Stewart Dudgeonceased 16/04/2019· 50-75% shares · trust interest

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

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8 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
Incorporated1980-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Cothill Farm
Greenlaw
Berwickshire
TD10 6YW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (4 active · 12 resigned)

SEED, Angus→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEED, David Archibald→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEED, Gillian→
director · ~39y · appointed 2026-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEED, Sandra Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2001-06-21
Resigned
DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart→
secretary · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-07-19 · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2018-05-10
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-21 · resigned 2006-08-03
Resigned
SCOTT OSWALD & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
DUDGEON, Alexander Stewart→
director · ~69y · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned
DUDGEON, Charles Leighton→
director · ~67y · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned
DUDGEON, John Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-05-30 · resigned 2008-09-19
Resigned
DUDGEON, John Gerald→
director · ~95y · resigned 2016-06-27
Resigned
DUDGEON, Sheila Ann Mackellar→
director · ~95y · resigned 1998-05-18
Resigned
STEWART CLARK, Alexander→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-04-16 · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge1 property25/06/2024—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—23/05/2024—
outstanding
Alexander Stewart Dudgeon / Charles Leighton Dudgeon
A registered charge1 property03/03/2020—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge3 properties03/03/2020—
satisfied
Caledonian Insurance Company
Standard security1 property28/07/198226/08/2005
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property09/05/198011/05/2019
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Recent filings (147 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13