MONIKIE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC464064 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 79/100 (strong), 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 (79/100)

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 (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
38 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
75
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 Assets
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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 employees300200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-12-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-01
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    FAIRLIE, James William Whyte appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-03-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-13
    ➕
    FAIRLIE, Ruth Margaret Taylor appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As MONIKIE FARMS LIMITED
  20. 2013-11-19
    ➕
    FAIRLIE, Iain appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-11-19
    ➕
    FAIRLIE, Iain Whyte appointed
    director

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FAIRLIE, James William Whyte (same surname) appointed 2024-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James William Whyte Fairlie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Iain Whyte Fairlieceased 01/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Ruth Margaret Taylor Fairlieceased 01/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Westby
64 West High Street
Forfar
Tayside
DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRLIE, Iain→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-19
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Active
FAIRLIE, Iain Whyte→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-11-19
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Active
FAIRLIE, James William Whyte→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-10-01
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Active
FAIRLIE, Ruth Margaret Taylor→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-04-13
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Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10