FINAVON ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC179235 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    SANDERSON, Grant Peter appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2017-04-05
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-03-10
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2017-03-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-01-05
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    SMITH, Brian Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-05
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    ROLLO DAVIDSON & MCFARLANE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2017-01-05
    ➖
    SANDERSON, Jeffrey John resigned
    director
  21. 2002-12-19
    ➖
    SANDERSON, Karen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-12-19
    ➕
    ROLLO DAVIDSON & MCFARLANE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Karen appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Jeffrey John appointed
    director
  25. 1997-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As FINAVON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  26. 1997-10-01
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-10-01
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-10-01
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 1997-10-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Finavon Enterprises Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Finavon Enterprises Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FINAVON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · SC179235

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
Finavon Enterprises Trust
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jeffrey John Sandersonceased 26/03/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1997-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

5 Whitefriars Crescent
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 0PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SANDERSON, Grant Peter→
director · ~28y · appointed 2024-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Brian Charles→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 1997-10-01
Resigned
SANDERSON, Karen→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 2002-12-19
Resigned
ROLLO DAVIDSON & MCFARLANE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-12-19 · resigned 2017-01-05
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 1997-10-01
Resigned
SANDERSON, Jeffrey John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 2017-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-10-08