J & A WEIR FARMING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC378484 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-12
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.36M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01450
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,356,918
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£43k
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£632k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.36M | £1.08M |
| Current assets | £632.4k | £742.6k |
| Cash | £43.1k | £378.3k |
| Debtors | £14.7k | £4.9k |
| Net assets | £1.36M | £1.08M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-05-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2010-05-12🏢Company incorporatedAs J & A WEIR FARMING LIMITED
- 2010-05-12➕TERRIS-WEIR, Susan appointedsecretary
- 2010-05-12➕TERRIS-WEIR, Susan appointeddirector
- 2010-05-12➕WEIR, James Somerville appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WEIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 James Somerville Weir Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Susan Terris-Weir Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | 25–50% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450
Registered office
Whitfield Farm House
Whitefield Farm
West Linton
Peeblesshire
EH46 7AX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
TERRIS-WEIR, Susan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-05-12
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TERRIS-WEIR, Susan→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-05-12
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WEIR, James Somerville→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-05-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 06/12/2012 | 27/05/2021 |
Recent filings (41 total)
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2025-05-29
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2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-05-30
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2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-07-20
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2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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2021-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21