ARDTARAIG FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
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: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-05-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-05-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-05-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-05-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-03-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDTARAIG FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
- 2019-03-26➕SIMPSON, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2019-03-26➕CHALMERS-WATSON, Keith appointeddirector
- 2019-03-26➕GEDDES, Marcus Campbell appointeddirector
- 2019-03-26➕GEDDES, Rorie Irvine appointeddirector
- 2019-03-26➕SIMPSON, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2019-03-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chalmers-Watson Ardtaraig Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/04/2019 |
Kig Co. Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
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