THOMAS CLARK & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC259189 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-12
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£613.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01410SIC 01410
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £613,531

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£614k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£618k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£124k£247k£371k£494k£618kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£613.5k£594.6k
Current assets£618.0k£598.9k
Net assets£613.5k£594.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-10-04
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  5. 2022-07-07
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  6. 2022-07-07
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-06-22
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    CLARK, William Frank resigned
    director
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-01
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  11. 2020-12-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-12-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2020-12-01
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  14. 2019-12-18
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  15. 2019-12-08
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  16. 2019-11-22
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    CLARK, Thomas William resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-11-22
    ➖
    CLARK, Thomas William resigned
    director
  18. 2019-09-02
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    CLARK, Thomas Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2019-09-02
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    CLARK, Lillian Bell resigned
    director
  20. 2019-09-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-09-02
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  22. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Breedon Northern Limited
  24. 2003-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As THOMAS CLARK & SONS LIMITED
  25. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    CLARK, Thomas Stewart appointed
    director
  26. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    CLARK, Thomas William appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-11-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    CLARK, Lillian Bell appointed
    director
  30. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    CLARK, Thomas William appointed
    director
  31. 2003-11-12
    ➕
    CLARK, William Frank appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Stewart Clark
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence23/11/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William Frank Clarkceased 22/06/2022· significant influence
  • Mr Thomas William Clarkceased 22/11/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2003-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CLARK, Thomas Robert→
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Thomas Stewart→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Thomas William→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2019-11-22
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2003-11-12
Resigned
CLARK, Lillian Bell→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2019-09-02
Resigned
CLARK, Thomas William→
director · ~102y · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2019-11-22
Resigned
CLARK, William Frank→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2022-06-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Breedon Northern
Breedon Northern Limited
A registered charge1 property23/06/2017—
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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-01