HAUGHHEAD FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC137987 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

78 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
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2023-01-25
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2022-01-27
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2021-03-24
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2019-10-21
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2019-01-22
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2018-01-18
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2017-01-19
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2016-05-11
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2015-11-05
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accounts · AA
2015-04-29
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2015-01-19
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2014-05-12
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2013-12-31
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INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes resigned
director
2013-06-01
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GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, Robert appointed
director
1992-04-27
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Company incorporated
As HAUGHHEAD FARM LIMITED
1992-04-27
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HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill appointed
secretary
1992-04-27
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HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill appointed
director
1992-04-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-04-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-04-27
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INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes appointed
director
1992-04-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1992-04-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Patricia O'Neill Henderson Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-04-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co Ca

47 Cadzow Street

Hamilton

ML3 6ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill→

secretary · appointed 1992-04-27

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Active

GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, Robert→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-06-01

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Active

HENDERSON, Patricia O'Neill→

director · ~71y · appointed 1992-04-27

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 1992-04-27

Resigned

INGLEFIELD-WATSON, John Forbes→

director · ~100y · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-27 · resigned 1992-04-27

Resigned

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