JGR FARMING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC191553 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-30
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
£108.3k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
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
71 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £108,326

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£108k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£275k
↑ 96% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£110k£165k£220k£275kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£156.6k£162.9k
Current assets£274.7k£139.9k
Net assets£108.3k£84.0k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-09-02
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  3. 2024-06-19
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  4. 2024-06-15
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    RITCHIE, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-22
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  6. 2022-12-23
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  7. 2021-10-12
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  8. 2020-11-26
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  9. 2019-11-08
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  10. 2018-12-03
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  11. 2017-12-30
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  12. 2016-12-22
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  13. 2016-01-20
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  14. 2015-09-10
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  15. 2014-12-23
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  16. 2014-11-13
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  17. 2011-01-01
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    RITCHIE, William Alexander appointed
    director
  18. 2010-12-21
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    RITCHIE, Grant appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-12-21
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    RITCHIE, John Grant appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-12-21
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    PRENTICE, Gwen Rita resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-04-30
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    RITCHIE, John Grant appointed
    director
  22. 1999-04-30
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    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-04-30
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    PRENTICE, Gwen Rita appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-04-30
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    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1999-04-30
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    WILL, James Robert resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1998-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As JGR FARMING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  27. 1998-11-30
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    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-11-30
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    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 1998-11-30
    ➕
    WILL, James Robert appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Grant Ritchie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Monteith Houses Farm
Gorebridge
Midlothian
EH23 4NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

RITCHIE, Grant→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-21
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Active
RITCHIE, John Grant→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-21
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Active
RITCHIE, Elizabeth→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-06-15
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Active
RITCHIE, John Grant→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-04-30
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Active
RITCHIE, William Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-01-01
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Active
MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 1999-04-30
Resigned
PRENTICE, Gwen Rita→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-30 · resigned 2010-12-21
Resigned
MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→
nominee-director · ~72y · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 1999-04-30
Resigned
WILL, James Robert→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 1999-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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2025-12-24
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2025-06-30
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2024-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-09-02
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officers · AP01
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
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2021-01-20
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-11-08