HUME FARMING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC200874 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-20

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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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

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 13.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	600	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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officers · AP01
2024-12-09
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officers · AP01
2024-12-09
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officers · AP01
2024-12-05
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HUME, Jamie David Walker appointed
director
2024-12-05
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HUME, Patricia appointed
director
2024-12-05
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HUME, Ross George Lindsay appointed
director
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-04-08
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capital · SH08
2022-04-08
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incorporation · MA
2022-04-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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2017-12-20
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2012-12-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-12-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-11-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-10-27
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HUME, Patricia Mary appointed
secretary
1999-10-27
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HUME, David George Lindsay appointed
director
1999-10-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-10-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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1999-10-20
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Company incorporated
As HUME FARMING LIMITED
1999-10-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-10-20
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUME" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HUME, Jamie David Walker (same surname) appointed 2024-12-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David George Lindsay Hume Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated1999-10-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Mains Of Carmyllie Farm

Carmyllie

Arbroath

Angus

DD11 2RJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-03

Last: 2025-10-20