JARRON FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC161621 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-15
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
£146.4k
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 with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £146,414
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,335 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£146k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£132k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£59k£89k£118k£148kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£146.4k£147.7k
Current assets£131.7k£131.4k
Net assets£146.4k£147.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-07
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-24
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  8. 2019-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-13
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-03-15
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    JARRON, Graeme Young appointed
    director
  17. 1995-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As JARRON FARMS LIMITED
  18. 1995-11-15
    ➕
    JARRON, Grace Stirling appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-11-15
    ➕
    JARRON, Eric Young appointed
    director
  20. 1995-11-15
    ➕
    JARRON, Grace Stirling appointed
    director
  21. 1995-11-15
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-11-15
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JARRON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eric Young Jarron
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Grace Stirling Jarron
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Graeme Young Jarron
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Hatton Of Ogilvy Farm
Glamis
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1UH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

JARRON, Grace Stirling→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-15
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Active
JARRON, Eric Young→
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-11-15
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Active
JARRON, Grace Stirling→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-11-15
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Active
JARRON, Graeme Young→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-15 · resigned 1995-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-10