CROCHMORE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338012 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-18
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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  2. 2025-02-21
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-02-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-21
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-02-20
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    address · AD02
  6. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-12-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2021-12-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2021-12-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2020-01-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-12-16
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  18. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-26
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-08-07
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    KERR, Robert resigned
    director
  21. 2016-04-15
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    KERR, Angus John appointed
    director
  22. 2013-10-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2008-05-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  24. 2008-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CROCHMORE FARMS LIMITED
  25. 2008-02-18
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    KERR, Douglas Mcleod appointed
    secretary
  26. 2008-02-18
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    KERR, Douglas Mcleod appointed
    director
  27. 2008-02-18
    ➕
    KERR, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Crochmore (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Crochmore (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CROCHMORE FARMS LIMITED
This company · SC338012

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Crochmore (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/11/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Angus John Kerrceased 20/11/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Robert Kerrceased 07/08/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Crochmore Farm, Crocketford Road
Dumfries
Dumfriesshire
DG2 8QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KERR, Douglas Mcleod→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, Angus John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, Douglas Mcleod→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, Robert→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2018-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/10/201317/12/2021
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property07/05/200817/12/2021

Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-17