CRUDIE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC363978 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-14
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: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
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

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2021-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-06-22
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2021-06-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2021-06-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-06-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2021-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-06-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-05-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-05-01
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    BRUNTON, Hugh Cameron appointed
    director
  20. 2020-03-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2015-08-31
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    BRUNTON, Douglas James resigned
    director
  22. 2009-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CRUDIE FARMS LIMITED
  23. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    BRUNTON, Robin Hugh appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    BRUNTON, Robin Hugh appointed
    director
  25. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    BRUNTON, Douglas James 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 68. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Hugh Cameron Brunton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/06/2021
Mr Robin Hugh Brunton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Registered office

Crudie Acres
Farm
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 2NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRUNTON, Robin Hugh→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-14
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Active
BRUNTON, Hugh Cameron→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-05-01
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Active
BRUNTON, Robin Hugh→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-08-14
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Active
BRUNTON, Douglas James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-08-14 · resigned 2015-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-22