HAMILTON FARMS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC416830 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-10
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 13.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 13.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.2 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Woolfords Wind Energy Limited
- 2021-12-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-12-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-02-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Pates Hill Extension Wind Farm Limited
- 2012-02-10🏢Company incorporatedAs HAMILTON FARMS LTD
- 2012-02-10➕HAMILTON, Maureen Murray appointedsecretary
- 2012-02-10➕HAMILTON, Matthew Cadzow appointeddirector
- 2012-02-10➕HAMILTON, Maureen Murray appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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 "HAMILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 14 years.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Graham Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/10/2024 |
Mr Matthew Cadzow Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/02/2017 |
Mrs Maureen Murray Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Woolfords Farm
Cobbinshaw
West Calder
West Lothian
EH55 8LJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
HAMILTON, Maureen Murray→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-02-10
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HAMILTON, Matthew Cadzow→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-02-10
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HAMILTON, Maureen Murray→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2012-02-10
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Woolfords Wind Energy Woolfords Wind Energy Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/12/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Pates Hill Extension Wind Farm Pates Hill Extension Wind Farm Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 06/02/2013 | 07/12/2021 |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22