BLUESTONE FARMING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC522991 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 10.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-04-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-12-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
  9. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-19
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  17. 2016-12-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-02-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2015-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUESTONE FARMING LTD
  20. 2015-12-22
    ➕
    MILLAR, Charles Edward appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-12-22
    ➕
    MILLAR, Charles Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2015-12-22
    ➕
    MILLAR, Robert Norman appointed
    director
  23. 2015-12-22
    ➕
    MILLAR, Rosemary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Norman Millar
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Edward Millar
Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Millar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Nethermains Farm
Chirnside
Duns
TD11 3LD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MILLAR, Charles Edward→
secretary · appointed 2015-12-22
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Active
MILLAR, Charles Edward→
director · ~32y · appointed 2015-12-22
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Active
MILLAR, Robert Norman→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-12-22
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Active
MILLAR, Rosemary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-12-22
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—05/12/2023—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/02/201623/04/2026
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Recent filings (27 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22