EAST COAST VINERS (PEAS AND BEANS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
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 opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 85
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • Hygiene score: 9085
Last 90 days

Picture worsened over the last 90 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • Hygiene score: 9085
Last 180 days

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🔒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 11.3y

95/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 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 (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · 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
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Turnover£13.37M
Gross profit£3.57M
Operating profit£2.48M
Profit before tax£2.38M
Average employees18001900

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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-07-20
    STEPHEN, Richard resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-01
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  10. 2021-07-01
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  11. 2021-07-01
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  12. 2021-03-19
    FORBES, Graham Alexander appointed
    director
  13. 2021-03-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-03-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-11-07
    FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne resigned
    director
  16. 2020-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-12-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-12-11
    RICHARDSON, Frederick William appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-11
    STEPHEN, Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2018-09-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2018-06-18
    FORBES, Robert Michael resigned
    director
  24. 2015-05-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2015-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 2013-12-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EAST COAST VINERS (PEAS AND BEANS) LIMITED
  27. 2013-12-09
    FORBES, John Inglis appointed
    director
  28. 2013-12-09
    FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne appointed
    director
  29. 2013-12-09
    FORBES, Robert Michael 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 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
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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
East Coast Viners (Holidings) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
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 (3 active · 3 resigned)

FORBES, Graham Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-03-19
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Active
FORBES, John Inglis
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-12-09
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Active
RICHARDSON, Frederick William
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-12-11
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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
STEPHEN, Richard
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-12-11 · resigned 2026-07-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/05/2015
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge23/04/2015
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Recent filings (39 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-27
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