HALBEATH FARM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC164376 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-22
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of agricultural holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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, 2 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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-282024-05-28
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-12-09
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    MORTON, Caroline King appointed
    director
  12. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 1996-05-17
    ➕
    ORR, Nancy Agnes Selkirk Muir appointed
    secretary
  18. 1996-05-17
    ➕
    ORR, Robin John King appointed
    director
  19. 1996-05-17
    ➖
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 1996-05-17
    ➖
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 1996-05-17
    ➖
    WILL, James Robert resigned
    nominee-director
  22. 1996-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As HALBEATH FARM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  23. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    WILL, James Robert appointed
    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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Caroline Morton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1988 · age 38
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/04/2025
Mr Robert Orr
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64201 — Activities of agricultural holding companies

Registered office

Halbeath Farm
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 0TY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ORR, Nancy Agnes Selkirk Muir→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTON, Caroline King→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-12-09
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Active
ORR, Robin John King→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-05-17
Resigned
MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→
nominee-director · ~72y · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-05-17
Resigned
WILL, James Robert→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-05-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22