NORANBANK FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC352947 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-30

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	300

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2025-02-19
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2025-02-18
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2025-02-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-18
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officers · AP01
2025-02-18
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officers · AP01
2025-01-20
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BAILLIE, James appointed
director
2025-01-20
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BAILLIE, Robin appointed
director
2024-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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officers · TM01
2024-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
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BAILLIE, Helen Housen Letham resigned
director
2024-04-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-16
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2022-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-08-16
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2020-07-22
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accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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BAILLIE, Veronica appointed
secretary
2019-07-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-15
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BAILLIE, James resigned
director
2010-12-30
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BAILLIE, Veronica resigned
director
2009-01-01
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BAILLIE, Veronica resigned
secretary
2009-01-01
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BAILLIE, Helen Housen Letham appointed
director
2009-01-01
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BAILLIE, James appointed
director
2008-12-30
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Company incorporated
As NORANBANK FARMS LIMITED
2008-12-30
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BAILLIE, James (Jnr) appointed
director
2008-12-30
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BAILLIE, Veronica appointed
secretary
2008-12-30
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BAILLIE, Veronica 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 17 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.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James (Jnr) Baillie Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robin Baillieceased 20/01/2025· 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

Incorporated2008-12-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Marcus House

Finavon

Forfar

Angus

DD8 3QH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BAILLIE, Veronica→

secretary · appointed 2019-07-01

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Active

BAILLIE, James→

director · ~27y · appointed 2025-01-20

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Active

BAILLIE, James (Jnr)→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-12-30

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Active

BAILLIE, Robin→

director · ~29y · appointed 2025-01-20

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Active

BAILLIE, Veronica→

secretary · appointed 2008-12-30 · resigned 2009-01-01

Resigned

BAILLIE, Helen Housen Letham→

director · ~93y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2024-07-03

Resigned

BAILLIE, James→

director · ~95y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2019-01-15

Resigned

BAILLIE, Veronica→

director · ~55y · appointed 2008-12-30 · resigned 2010-12-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-19

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-02-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-02-18

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-02-18

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-18

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-30

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-04-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-16