BANDIRRAN FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC341982 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-25

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 13.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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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 with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	900	900

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

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-31
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-05-26
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-05-14
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2018-05-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2017-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-20
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AAMD
2016-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2012-08-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-04-01
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ROBB, Jennifer Margaret appointed
secretary
2011-04-01
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ROBB, Jean Hamilton resigned
secretary
2009-12-21
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ROBB, Jennifer Margaret appointed
director
2008-04-25
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Company incorporated
As BANDIRRAN FARM LIMITED
2008-04-25
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ROBB, Ian appointed
director
2008-04-25
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ROBB, Ian Hamilton appointed
director
2008-04-25
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ROBB, Jean Hamilton appointed
director
2008-04-25
➕
ROBB, Jean Hamilton appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

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 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

83/100

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.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Robb Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Jennifer Margaret Robb Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated2008-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

59 Bonnygate

Cupar

Fife

KY15 4BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-09

Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ROBB, Jennifer Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2011-04-01

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Active

ROBB, Ian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2008-04-25

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Active

ROBB, Ian Hamilton→

director · ~77y · appointed 2008-04-25

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Active

ROBB, Jean Hamilton→

director · ~77y · appointed 2008-04-25

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Active

ROBB, Jennifer Margaret→

director · ~53y · appointed 2009-12-21

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Active

ROBB, Jean Hamilton→

secretary · appointed 2008-04-25 · resigned 2011-04-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/05/2018	—
outstanding	The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/05/2018	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	01/08/2012	—

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Recent filings (55 total)

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-03-31

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2026-03-31