HYNDSHILLEND FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC205148 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-16
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01290
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01500SIC 01500
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-17
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    capital · SH01
  3. 2024-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-09
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2016-06-09
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2000-04-05
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    STILL, Dorothy Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-04-05
    ➕
    STILL, Dorothy Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2000-04-05
    ➕
    STILL, Michael Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2000-04-05
    ➖
    LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2000-04-05
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    DURANO LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2000-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As HYNDSHILLEND FARM LIMITED
  22. 2000-03-16
    ➕
    LEDINGHAM CHALMERS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-03-16
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    DURANO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Michael Edward Still
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Dorothy Anne Still
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-03-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01290 — SIC 01290

Registered office

Hyndshawland Farmhouse Hyndshillend Farm
Elsrickle
Biggar
Lanarkshire
ML12 6RD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

STILL, Dorothy Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-05
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Active
STILL, Dorothy Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-04-05
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Active
STILL, Michael Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-04-05
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Active
LEDINGHAM CHALMERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-16 · resigned 2000-04-05
Resigned
DURANO LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-16 · resigned 2000-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-04