INVERQUHOMERY FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC157211 · ltd · incorporated 1995-04-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.81M
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
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
87 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,810,436

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.8m
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£362k£724k£1.1m£1.4m£1.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.81M£1.77M
Current assets£1.34M£1.34M
Net assets£1.81M£1.77M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-08-30
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-01
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    FOWLIE, Alex William James appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-09-08
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  9. 2020-11-30
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  10. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-08-30
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  16. 2016-08-30
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  17. 1995-04-11
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    FOWLIE, Nicola Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-04-11
    ➕
    FOWLIE, John Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 1995-04-11
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1995-04-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1995-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As INVERQUHOMERY FARM LIMITED
  22. 1995-04-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-04-06
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FOWLIE, Alex William James (same surname) appointed 2024-05-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 John Douglas Fowlie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

28 Broad Street
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 1BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FOWLIE, Nicola Ann→
secretary · appointed 1995-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWLIE, Alex William James→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-05-01
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Active
FOWLIE, John Douglas→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-04-11
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-04-06 · resigned 1995-04-11
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-04-06 · resigned 1995-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-08-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14