BALGAY FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC093170 · ltd · incorporated 1985-05-07
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 40.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 40.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.9 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: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
118 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-12
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  3. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-10-26
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  5. 2022-10-26
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  6. 2021-10-28
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  7. 2020-10-22
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  8. 2019-09-30
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-11-16
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  11. 2017-11-16
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2017-10-31
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2017-10-31
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-10-31
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-24
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    BUTTERCASE, Linda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-10-24
    ➖
    PAGAN OSBORNE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-09-22
    ➕
    HAIR, James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-09-21
    ➖
    BUTTERCASE, Robert resigned
    director
  20. 2004-11-13
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    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-11-13
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    PAGAN OSBORNE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1994-02-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1989-12-25
    ➕
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1989-12-25
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    PAGAN OSBORNE GRACE & CALDERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1985-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1985-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BALGAY FARMING COMPANY 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
Mrs Linda Buttercase
Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79
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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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
Incorporated1985-05-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

59 Bonnygate
Cupar
KY15 4BY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BUTTERCASE, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2017-10-24
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Active
BUTTERCASE, Linda→
director · ~79y
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Active
HAIR, James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-09-22
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Active
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1989-12-25 · resigned 2004-11-13
Resigned
PAGAN OSBORNE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-11-13 · resigned 2017-10-24
Resigned
PAGAN OSBORNE GRACE & CALDERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 1989-12-25
Resigned
BUTTERCASE, Robert→
director · ~81y · resigned 2008-09-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property16/02/1994—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property30/05/1985—
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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30