NOSS FARM LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC246220 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-21
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.38M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,384,694
Cash YoY
+58%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£868k
↑ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.38M | £1.31M |
| Current assets | £1.32M | £1.28M |
| Cash | £868.4k | £550.1k |
| Debtors | £359.4k | £647.4k |
| Net assets | £1.38M | £1.31M |
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.
See pricing →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 (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01➕MORGAN, Doreen Garrick appointeddirector
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-07-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-07-16📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2003-03-26➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-26➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs NOSS FARM LTD
- 2003-03-21➕MORGAN, Doreen Garrick appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-21➕MORGAN, Andrew Henry Aubrey appointeddirector
- 2003-03-21➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-21➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 candidateStrong 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
cleanNo 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 Doreen Garrick Morgan Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 01/01/2017 |
Mr Andrew Henry Aubrey Morgan Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Noss Farm
Noss
Wick
Caithness
KW1 4QT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MORGAN, Doreen Garrick→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-21
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MORGAN, Andrew Henry Aubrey→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-03-21
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MORGAN, Doreen Garrick→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-07-01
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2003-03-26
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2003-03-26
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-25