HORN MILK BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325043 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-06
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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, 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£45k£91k£136k£182k£227kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£240.8k
Current assets—£168.7k
Cash—£156.1k
Debtors—£787
Net assets—£227.4k
Average employees16—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-05-06
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    capital · SH03
  14. 2016-04-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2016-04-06
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    officers · AP03
  16. 2016-04-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-04-01
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    FARQUHARSON, James Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    FARQUHARSON, Norma resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    FARQUHARSON, Norma resigned
    director
  20. 2007-09-01
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    FARQUHARSON, Julie Amanda appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As HORN MILK BAR LIMITED
  22. 2007-06-06
    ➕
    FARQUHARSON, James Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 2007-06-06
    ➕
    FARQUHARSON, Norma appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-06-06
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2007-06-06
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-06-06
    ➕
    FARQUHARSON, Norma appointed
    director
  27. 2007-06-06
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2007-06-06
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Julie Amanda Farquharson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Kenneth Farquharson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Burnside Of Monorgan
Longforgan
Dundee
Perthshire
DD2 5HT
Scotland

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

FARQUHARSON, James Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARQUHARSON, James Kenneth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARQUHARSON, Julie Amanda→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARQUHARSON, Norma→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2007-06-06
Resigned
FARQUHARSON, Norma→
director · ~90y · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2007-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-06