BEARCROFT FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC039708 · ltd · incorporated 1963-12-31

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 33.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 33.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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ATKIN, Thomas Andrew resigned
director
2025-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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DRAPER, Laura Jean appointed
director
2024-02-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-20
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JAMES, Maureen resigned
director
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-28
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ATKIN, Eleanor resigned
secretary
2023-07-28
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ATKIN, Eleanor resigned
director
2023-05-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-10
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
2023-05-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-26
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-21
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MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2023-04-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-02
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-29
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-29
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Charge satisfied #4
2021-01-19
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appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2020-12-15
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MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2020-08-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-03-09
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ATKIN, Thomas Andrew appointed
director
2017-06-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-03-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-02-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-09-27
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ATKIN, Thomas Andrew resigned
director
2002-07-22
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ROBB, Annie Blair resigned
director
2002-07-21
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ATKIN, Thomas Miller resigned
director
1997-07-10
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ATKIN, Mary resigned
director
1995-03-17
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Charge satisfied #1
1994-10-21
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ATKIN, Catherine appointed
director
1994-10-21
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JAMES, Maureen appointed
director
1993-10-31
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ATKIN, Eleanor appointed
director
1993-10-31
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ROBB, Annie Blair appointed
director
1993-10-20
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ATKIN, Thomas Andrew appointed
director
1992-11-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1991-11-01
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ROBB, Anne Blair resigned
secretary
1991-10-31
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ATKIN, Mary resigned
director
1991-10-31
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ATKIN, Thomas resigned
director
1991-10-25
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ATKIN, Eleanor appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Atkin Property Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atkin Property Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BEARCROFT FARMS LIMITED

This company · SC039708

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Atkin Property Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/04/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Bearcroft Trustceased 21/04/2023· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1963-12-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Bearcroft Farm

Holywood

Dumfries

DG2 0RJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

ATKIN, Catherine→

director · ~54y · appointed 1994-10-21

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Active

DRAPER, Laura Jean→

director · ~63y · appointed 2024-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ATKIN, Eleanor→

secretary · appointed 1991-10-25 · resigned 2023-07-28

Resigned

ROBB, Anne Blair→

secretary · resigned 1991-11-01

Resigned

ATKIN, Eleanor→

director · ~88y · appointed 1993-10-31 · resigned 2023-07-28

Resigned

ATKIN, Mary→

director · ~114y · resigned 1997-07-10

Resigned

ATKIN, Mary→

director · ~114y · resigned 1991-10-31

Resigned

ATKIN, Thomas Andrew→

director · ~53y · appointed 2020-03-09 · resigned 2025-11-13

Resigned

ATKIN, Thomas Andrew→

director · ~53y · appointed 1993-10-20 · resigned 2016-09-27

Resigned

ATKIN, Thomas Miller→

director · ~91y · resigned 2002-07-21

Resigned

ATKIN, Thomas→

director · resigned 1991-10-31

Resigned

JAMES, Maureen→

director · ~58y · appointed 1994-10-21 · resigned 2023-12-20

Resigned

ROBB, Annie Blair→

director · ~107y · appointed 1993-10-31 · resigned 2002-07-22

Resigned

MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2020-12-15 · resigned 2023-04-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC	A registered charge	4 properties	10/05/2023	—
outstanding	Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	21/04/2023	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	23/06/2017	29/05/2021
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	22/03/2017	04/08/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	14/02/2017	02/02/2022
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	06/11/1992	17/03/1995

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Recent filings (127 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-01

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-02-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-08-22

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-08-22

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-05-18

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2023-05-17

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-05-16