HAMILTON FARMING ENTERPRISES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC106759 · ltd · incorporated 1987-09-17
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 41100Development of building projects
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 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
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 11.8y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
25 officers (3 active, 25 linked, 18 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
157 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-31➖ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander resigneddirector
- 2025-01-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-01➕HAY, Alexander James appointeddirector
- 2024-12-01➕DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, Duke Of Hamilton, Brandon And Chatelherault appointeddirector
- 2024-10-24📄capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figurecapital · SH19
- 2024-10-24⚠️legacyinsolvency · CAP-SS
- 2024-10-24📄legacycapital · SH20
- 2024-10-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-01📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-10-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-01📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-17➕ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander appointeddirector
- 2023-12-20➖SIMPSON, Niven resignedsecretary
- 2023-12-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-31➖BROWN, Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2020-06-01➕LAIDLAW, Alan Charles appointeddirector
- 2020-05-31➖DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, Duke Of Hamilton resigneddirector
- 2019-07-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2015-04-03➖ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander resigneddirector
- 2014-08-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Archerfield Estates Limited
- 2014-07-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-03-31➖NIVEN, Fraser Irvine resigneddirector
- 2010-01-01➕ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander appointeddirector
- 2010-01-01➕BROWN, Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2009-12-31➖BEVAN, Graham resigneddirector
- 2009-06-01➖MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-12-31➖HAMILTON, Angus Alan, Duke resigneddirector
- 2008-10-20➕DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, Duke Of Hamilton appointeddirector
- 2008-09-30➕SIMPSON, Niven appointedsecretary
- 2008-09-29➖KENNEDY, Rory Alexander Murray resignedsecretary
- 2008-06-01➕MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-04-18➕KENNEDY, Rory Alexander Murray appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-18➖STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie resignedsecretary
- 2007-12-04➖OLIVER, Norman Robert, Dr resigneddirector
- 2007-08-01➕HAMILTON, Angus Alan, Duke appointeddirector
- 2005-09-08➖SMITH, William Wilson Campbell resignedsecretary
- 2005-09-08➕STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie appointedsecretary
Showing most recent 50 of 68 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
Red flags
1 high ·1 insolvency-related filing on record
highFilings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.
Evidence: 2024-10-24: legacy
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Ronald Kerr Glen Individual · Irish,British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/10/2025 |
Adam Robert Bruce Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 05/07/2024 |
Mrs Nicola Anne-Marie Westcott Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/07/2022 |
Mr Thomas Alexander Abraham Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Charles Leighton Dudgeonceased 05/04/2024· significant influence · trust interest
- Mr Charles John Warnerceased 05/04/2023· 75-100% shares · trust interest
- Mr Mark Alexander Hedderwickceased 06/07/2022· 75-100% shares · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Active · Agriculture · EH postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIGENGILLAN ESTATES (NO 1) COMPANY LIMITED→ SC124520 · est 1990 | £3.87M £2.98M–£4.77M | — | — | 0 | 36y | 83 | 63y |
| APF INTERNATIONAL FOREST MACHINERY EXHIBITION LTD.→ SC228249 · est 2002 | £278.2k £214.0k–£342.4k | — | — | 500 | 24y | 95 | 79y |
| ALDERSTON DAIRIES LIMITED→ SC241138 · est 2002 | — | — | £114.4k | — | 23y | 83 | 74y |
| CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LIMITED→ SC082730 · est 1983 | — | — | £1.36M | — | 43y | 83 | 68y |
| CARCANT ESTATES LIMITED→ SC030457 · est 1954 | — | — | £269.0k | — | 71y | 83 | 69y |
| DENHOLM POTATO GROWERS LIMITED→ SC089295 · est 1984 | — | — | £453.8k | — | 41y | 83 | 61y |
| DODS OF HADDINGTON LIMITED→ SC056452 · est 1974 | — | — | £2.26M | — | 51y | 83 | 72y |
| DOUGLAS ORR & COMPANY LIMITED→ SC185757 · est 1998 | — | — | — | 1 | 27y | 83 | 70y |
| EAST COAST ORGANICS LTD→ SC297585 · est 2006 | — | — | £1.21M | — | 20y | 83 | 63y |
| EAST LOTHIAN PRODUCE LIMITED→ SC185473 · est 1998 | — | — | £8.19M | — | 28y | 83 | 73y |
| GREENSHIELDS AGRI LIMITED→ SC381819 · est 2010 | — | — | — | 14 | 15y | 83 | 70y |
| ARBORETUM ESTATES LIMITED→ SC350956 · est 2008 | — | — | — | 0 | 17y | 82 | 67y |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-09-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Lennoxlove Estate Office
Lennoxlove
Haddington
East Lothian
EH41 4NZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19
Officers (3 active · 22 resigned)
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, Duke Of Hamilton, Brandon And Chatelherault→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2024-12-01
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HAY, Alexander James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-01-01
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LAIDLAW, Alan Charles→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-06-01
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HARDIE, James Fraser Mcbride→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-06-24 · resigned 1995-12-22
KENNEDY, Rory Alexander Murray→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-04-18 · resigned 2008-09-29
MUTCH, John Harold→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-06-24
SIMPSON, Niven→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-09-30 · resigned 2023-12-20
SMITH, William Wilson Campbell→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-12-22 · resigned 2005-09-08
STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2008-04-18
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2009-06-01
ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2024-06-17 · resigned 2025-05-31
ABRAHAM, Thomas Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2015-04-03
BETHUNE, Hamish William→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1994-02-22 · resigned 2005-01-02
BEVAN, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2004-12-31 · resigned 2009-12-31
BROWN, Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2023-01-31
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, Duke Of Hamilton→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2008-10-20 · resigned 2020-05-31
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Angus Alan Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 1991-01-31
FULTON, Robin David→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-08-05 · resigned 2005-05-10
HAMILTON, Angus Alan, Duke→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
MUTCH, John Harold→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 1994-10-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 23/07/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Archerfield Estates Archerfield Estates Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/08/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/07/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (157 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-06
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2024-10-24
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2024-10-24
legacy
capital · SH20
2024-10-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-24
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-01
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-10-01