M.B.M. FARMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC175029 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-01

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

£711.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £711,542

Cash YoY

-15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£191k

↓ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£712k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Current Assets

£755k

↑ 6.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£730.2k	£669.2k
Current assets	£754.7k	£710.7k
Cash	£190.8k	£225.7k
Debtors	£44.9k	£18.6k
Net assets	£711.5k	£653.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2025-11-27
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2025-10-03
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2025-05-23
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2024-09-30
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2024-04-14
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2024-04-14
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2024-04-06
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MILLER, Georgia Hansen appointed
director
2024-04-06
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MILLER, Molly Jane appointed
director
2023-09-01
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2022-10-31
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2021-11-23
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2020-11-02
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2020-01-15
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2019-01-08
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2018-01-19
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2017-01-19
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2013-02-27
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MILLER, Donald Hansen appointed
director
2013-02-27
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MILLER, Donald resigned
director
1997-05-02
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MILLER, Jane Day appointed
secretary
1997-05-02
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MILLER, Jane Day appointed
director
1997-05-02
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MILLER, Donald appointed
director
1997-05-01
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Company incorporated
As M.B.M. FARMS LTD.
1997-05-01
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-05-01
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-05-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-05-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MILLER, Georgia Hansen (same surname) appointed 2024-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Bilbster Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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M.B.M. FARMS LTD.

This company · SC175029

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bilbster Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/11/2025
Mr Donald Hansen Miller Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Jane Day Millerceased 25/11/2025· 50-75% shares

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

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BINSCARTH LIMITED→ SC251665 · est 2003	—	—	—	0	22y	82	70y
CELTIC DAWN FISHING LIMITED→ SC263213 · est 2004	—	—	£2.01M	—	22y	82	62y
E S H HARCUS LIMITED→ SC375460 · est 2010	—	—	—	600	16y	82	78y
ERLEND FLETT PLANT HIRE→ SC081510 · est 1983 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	43y	82	81y
FORSE FARMS LTD→ SC388765 · est 2010	—	—	£561.7k	—	15y	82	72y
GEORTH FARMS→ SC270361 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	82	78y
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GILLS HARBOUR LTD→ SC364117 · est 2009	—	—	£85.7k	—	16y	81	67y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-05-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

N/A Bilbster Mains,

Bilbster

Wick

Caithness

KW1 4TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-15

Last: 2026-05-01