CRAIGOWL FARMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC327648 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-12

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

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.0y

25/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2500	2500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-10-07
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mortgage · MR05
2025-10-07
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mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-04
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Akku Tealing Limited
2024-01-10
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Tealing Energy Park Limited
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
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accounts · AA01
2022-05-31
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2022-05-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2022-04-19
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officers · AP01
2022-04-19
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officers · AP01
2022-04-14
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DUNCAN, Heather Anne appointed
director
2022-04-14
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DUNCAN, Stuart Alan appointed
director
2022-02-08
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2007-07-12
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Company incorporated
As CRAIGOWL FARMS LTD.
2007-07-12
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DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
secretary
2007-07-12
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DUNCAN, Alexander Frank appointed
director
2007-07-12
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DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DUNCAN, Heather Anne (same surname) appointed 2022-04-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Craigowl Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Craigowl Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CRAIGOWL FARMS LTD.

This company · SC327648

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Craigowl Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	20/05/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alexander Frank Duncanceased 20/05/2022· 25-50% shares
Mrs Julie Veronica Duncanceased 20/05/2022· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2007-07-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Balkemback Farm House

Balkemback

Tealing

Angus

DD4 0RF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25