SKYWARD AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC774359 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-56.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
  • 43120Site preparation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £56,783

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£57k
↓ 199% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£57k-£41k-£25k-£9k£6k£22kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£17.6k£58.1k
Current assets£17.9k£22.3k
Net assets£-56.8k£-19.0k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-12
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-03-01
    RF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2023-07-26
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  6. 2023-07-24
    RF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2023-07-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2023-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SKYWARD AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD
  9. 2023-06-30
    HAMMERSLEY, Rex William appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Hammersley-West International Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Hammersley-West International Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
SKYWARD AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD
This company · SC774359

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
Hammersley-West International Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HAMMERSLEY, Rex William
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-06-30
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Active
RF SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-07-24 · resigned 2024-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-12
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-07-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-07-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-30