DUNDEE FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC029499 · ltd · incorporated 1953-06-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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, 1 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
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
117 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-01
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    LLEWELLYN, David resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-02-15
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Flora, Lady resigned
    director
  7. 2024-02-15
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Lavinia, Lady resigned
    director
  8. 2024-02-15
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Marina Patricia, Lady resigned
    director
  9. 2024-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-02-15
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-10-06
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  12. 2022-10-04
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  13. 2021-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-03-11
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    COUNTESS OF DUNDEE, Siobhan Mary, The Right Honourable resigned
    director
  18. 2018-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-10-29
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    LLEWELLYN, David appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-26
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    LLEWELLYN, David Richard Robert Hollis resigned
    director
  21. 2018-10-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  24. 2012-12-05
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    KATHERINE, Patricia, Dowager Countess Of Dundee resigned
    director
  25. 2008-04-01
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    LLEWELLYN, David Richard Robert Hollis appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-01
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Flora, Lady appointed
    director
  27. 2008-04-01
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Lavinia, Lady appointed
    director
  28. 2004-10-01
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Henry David, Lord appointed
    director
  29. 2004-10-01
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    SCRYMGEOUR, Marina Patricia, Lady appointed
    director
  30. 1953-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUNDEE FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Earl Alexander Henry Dundee
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/12/2016

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
Incorporated1953-06-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Birkhill Estate Office
Birkhill
Cupar
Fife
KY15 4QP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HENRY, Alexander, The Right Honourable Earl Of Dundee→
secretary
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Active
HENRY, Alexander, The Right Honourable Earl Of Dundee→
director · ~77y
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Active
SCRYMGEOUR, Henry David, Lord→
director · ~44y · appointed 2004-10-01
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Active
COUNTESS OF DUNDEE, Siobhan Mary, The Right Honourable→
director · ~71y · resigned 2019-03-11
Resigned
KATHERINE, Patricia, Dowager Countess Of Dundee→
director · ~116y · resigned 2012-12-05
Resigned
LLEWELLYN, David→
director · ~95y · appointed 2018-10-29 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
LLEWELLYN, David Richard Robert Hollis→
director · ~95y · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2018-10-26
Resigned
SCRYMGEOUR, Flora, Lady→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2024-02-15
Resigned
SCRYMGEOUR, Lavinia, Lady→
director · ~40y · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2024-02-15
Resigned
SCRYMGEOUR, Marina Patricia, Lady→
director · ~46y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2024-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-04