HAUGHHEAD FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC137987 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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 with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2023-01-25
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  5. 2022-01-27
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  6. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-11
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  12. 2015-11-05
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  13. 2015-04-29
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  14. 2015-01-19
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  15. 2014-05-12
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  16. 2014-05-12
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  17. 2013-12-31
    INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes resigned
    director
  18. 2013-06-01
    GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, Robert appointed
    director
  19. 1992-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As HAUGHHEAD FARM LIMITED
  20. 1992-04-27
    HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill appointed
    secretary
  21. 1992-04-27
    HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill appointed
    director
  22. 1992-04-27
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1992-04-27
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-04-27
    INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes appointed
    director
  25. 1992-04-27
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1992-04-27
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
Patricia O'Neill Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co Ca
47 Cadzow Street
Hamilton
ML3 6ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-11
Last: 2025-04-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill
secretary · appointed 1992-04-27
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Active
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, Robert
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-06-01
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Active
HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill
director · ~71y · appointed 1992-04-27
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 1992-04-27
Resigned
INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes
director · ~100y · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 1992-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-22