EAST COAST VINERS (PEAS AND BEANS) LIMITED

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SC465480 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-09

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£13.37M

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.1y

95/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,381,158

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Turnover	£13.37M	—
Gross profit	£3.57M	—
Operating profit	£2.48M	—
Profit before tax	£2.38M	—
Average employees	1800	1900

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2021-07-01
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2021-07-01
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2021-03-19
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FORBES, Graham Alexander appointed
director
2021-03-19
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officers · AP01
2021-03-19
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officers · TM01
2020-11-07
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FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne resigned
director
2020-03-26
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accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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officers · AP01
2018-12-21
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officers · AP01
2018-12-11
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RICHARDSON, Frederick William appointed
director
2018-12-11
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STEPHEN, Richard appointed
director
2018-09-19
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officers · TM01
2018-06-18
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FORBES, Robert Michael resigned
director
2018-03-29
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accounts · AA
2015-05-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-04-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-12-09
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Company incorporated
As EAST COAST VINERS (PEAS AND BEANS) LIMITED
2013-12-09
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FORBES, John Inglis appointed
director
2013-12-09
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FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne appointed
director
2013-12-09
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FORBES, Robert Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Group structure

East Coast Viners (Holidings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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East Coast Viners (Holidings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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EAST COAST VINERS (PEAS AND BEANS) LIMITED

This company · SC465480

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
East Coast Viners (Holidings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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TREETOP FORESTRY LIMITED→ SC292083 · est 2005	£5.00M £3.85M–£6.15M	£12.98M	—	4600	20y	87	72y
ALTNAHARRA ESTATE LIMITED→ SC228455 · est 2002	£634.2k £487.8k–£780.5k	—	—	8	24y	85	71y
CHALLENGE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC192237 · est 1998	—	—	—	6	27y	83	69y
FORTRIE FARMS LIMITED→ SC158055 · est 1995	—	—	—	10	31y	83	76y
GARDINER ICM LIMITED→ SC197812 · est 1999	—	—	£2.60M	—	26y	83	64y
LORANTHUS FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC312585 · est 2006	—	—	—	0	19y	83	70y
M B AQUARIUS LIMITED→ SC259115 · est 2003	—	—	—	0	22y	83	70y
M.V. QUANTUS LIMITED→ SC150141 · est 1994	—	—	£32.29M	—	32y	83	69y
MEARNS TRACTORS LIMITED→ SC261246 · est 2003	—	—	—	1	22y	83	62y
SHANNON FISHING LIMITED→ SC157000 · est 1995	—	—	£24.40M	—	31y	83	79y
UNITED FISH SELLING LIMITED→ SC077168 · est 1982	—	—	—	200	44y	83	72y
UNITY FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC157635 · est 1995	—	—	£8.14M	—	31y	83	64y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-12-09

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Broadwood

Drumlithie

Stonehaven

Aberdeenshire

AB39 3XA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FORBES, Graham Alexander→

director · ~57y · appointed 2021-03-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FORBES, John Inglis→

director · ~79y · appointed 2013-12-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RICHARDSON, Frederick William→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-12-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STEPHEN, Richard→

director · ~54y · appointed 2018-12-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne→

director · ~87y · appointed 2013-12-09 · resigned 2020-11-07

Resigned

FORBES, Robert Michael→

director · ~84y · appointed 2013-12-09 · resigned 2018-06-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	22/05/2015	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	23/04/2015	—

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary

accounts · AA

2021-07-01

legacy

accounts · PARENT_ACC

2021-07-01

legacy

other · AGREEMENT2

2021-07-01

legacy

other · GUARANTEE2

2021-07-01

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

officers · AP01

2021-03-19