CLYDE AGRICULTURE (SEEDS) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC240907 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-10

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£366.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £366,520

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£287k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£367k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£342k

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£403.0k	£335.7k
Current assets	£341.8k	£347.7k
Cash	£287.5k	£287.0k
Debtors	£34.9k	£28.6k
Net assets	£366.5k	£299.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-18
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2023-07-14
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2022-09-22
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2021-09-14
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2020-09-08
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2019-09-24
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2018-05-30
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2017-08-01
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2016-07-01
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accounts · AA
2015-12-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-27
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officers · AP01
2015-11-05
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MURRAY, Irene appointed
director
2015-06-05
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accounts · AA
2014-12-22
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2014-04-28
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2002-12-10
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Company incorporated
As CLYDE AGRICULTURE (SEEDS) LTD.
2002-12-10
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MURRAY, Irene appointed
secretary
2002-12-10
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MURRAY, Charles Bruce appointed
director
2002-12-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2002-12-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2002-12-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2002-12-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Irene Murray Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/12/2016
Mr Charles Bruce Murray Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/12/2016

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

Incorporated2002-12-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Mashock Mill

Crossford

Carluke

ML8 5NQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MURRAY, Irene→

secretary · appointed 2002-12-10

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Active

MURRAY, Charles Bruce→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-12-10

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Active

MURRAY, Irene→

director · ~65y · appointed 2015-11-05

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2002-12-10

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2002-12-10

Resigned

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