EB FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC296637 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-06
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
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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, 1 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees3300

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-12-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
  5. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-02-07
    ➕
    BLACK, Daniel Scott appointed
    director
  17. 2018-02-07
    ➕
    BLACK, David James appointed
    director
  18. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-03-29
    ➖
    BLACK, Henry Fairley resigned
    director
  20. 2006-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EB FARM LIMITED
  21. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    BLACK, Elaine Catherine Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    BLACK, Richard Scott appointed
    director
  23. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-02-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    BLACK, Henry Fairley appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Richard Scott Black
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elaine Catherine Mary Blackceased 01/04/2021· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Mawmill Farm
Cleish
Kinross
KY13 0LN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BLACK, Elaine Catherine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACK, Daniel Scott→
director · ~28y · appointed 2018-02-07
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Active
BLACK, David James→
director · ~31y · appointed 2018-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACK, Richard Scott→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2006-02-06
Resigned
BLACK, Henry Fairley→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2013-03-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
A registered charge1 property05/12/2024—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17