LUTHER FARM SHOP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC554333 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-11

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), 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).

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2017-01-11
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Company incorporated
As LUTHER FARM SHOP LTD
2017-01-11
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HOPKINSON, Calli Leigh appointed
secretary
2017-01-11
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HOPKINSON, Calli Leigh appointed
director
2017-01-11
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ROBERTSON, Helen Margaret appointed
director
2017-01-11
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ROBERTSON, James Alexander appointed
director
2017-01-11
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ROBERTSON, James Douglas appointed
director
2017-01-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Calli Leigh Hopkinson Individual · British · DOB 01/1983 · age 43	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	11/01/2017

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

Incorporated2017-01-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Mains Of Luther Farmhouse

Luthermuir

Laurencekirk

AB30 1RA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12