THE LAWHILL FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC163914 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£96.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £96,798

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£97k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£211k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£42k£84k£126k£169k£211kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£98.4k£83.1k
Current assets£210.7k£152.8k
Net assets£96.8k£81.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-03-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-01-06
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Lisa Jane resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-01-06
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Lisa Jane resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-07-05
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Sofia Jane Iona appointed
    director
  10. 2024-07-05
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Susanna Louise Iona appointed
    director
  11. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-06-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1996-03-25
    ➕
    ROBERTS, James Elton Denby appointed
    director
  22. 1996-03-25
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Lisa Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-03-25
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-03-25
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Lisa Jane appointed
    director
  25. 1996-03-25
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1996-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE LAWHILL FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 1996-03-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-03-06
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBERTS, Sofia Jane Iona (same surname) appointed 2024-07-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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 James Elton Denby Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1996-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN
Scotland

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTS, James Elton Denby→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-03-25
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Active
ROBERTS, Sofia Jane Iona→
director · ~23y · appointed 2024-07-05
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Active
ROBERTS, Susanna Louise Iona→
director · ~21y · appointed 2024-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Lisa Jane→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-25 · resigned 2025-01-06
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-06 · resigned 1996-03-25
Resigned
ROBERTS, Lisa Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-03-25 · resigned 2025-01-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-06 · resigned 1996-03-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—05/06/2014—
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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03