BEST FARMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC214192 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 80/100 (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 (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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-11-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-07-18
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2025-07-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2025-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-07-16
    ➕
    BEST, Samuel Douglas appointed
    secretary
  9. 2025-07-16
    ➕
    BEST, Samuel Douglas appointed
    director
  10. 2025-07-16
    ➖
    BLISS, Leila Willow resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2012-06-11
    ➖
    BEST, Caroline resigned
    secretary
  21. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    BLISS, Leila Willow appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-07-30
    ➖
    BEST, James Douglas resigned
    director
  23. 2000-12-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEST FARMS LTD.
  24. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    BEST, Caroline, Hon Mrs appointed
    director
  25. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    BEST, Caroline appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-12-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    BEST, James Douglas appointed
    director
  29. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2000-12-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BEST, Samuel Douglas (same surname) appointed 2025-07-16. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Douglas Best
Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control21/11/2025
Hon Mrs Caroline Best
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-12-27
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: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BEST, Samuel Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2025-07-16
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Active
BEST, Caroline, Hon Mrs→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEST, Samuel Douglas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEST, Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2012-06-11
Resigned
BLISS, Leila Willow→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-11 · resigned 2025-07-16
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2000-12-27
Resigned
BEST, James Douglas→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2010-07-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2000-12-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05