CARLETON FARMING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC295006 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-04
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 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2024
Net worth
£273.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £273,916
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£28k
Net Worth
£274k
Current Assets
£135k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-04-30 | 2023-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £273.9k | — |
| Current assets | £135.0k | — |
| Cash | £28.2k | — |
| Debtors | £106.8k | — |
| Net assets | £273.9k | — |
| Average employees | — | 500 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-30📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-31➕HYSLOP, Gordon appointeddirector
- 2017-03-31➖HYSLOP, John Lyndsay resigneddirector
- 2017-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-30➖ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill resignedsecretary
- 2007-04-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-06-01➕HYSLOP, John Lyndsay appointeddirector
- 2006-01-04🏢Company incorporatedAs CARLETON FARMING LIMITED
- 2006-01-04➕HYSLOP, James appointeddirector
- 2006-01-04➕ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-04➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-04➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-04➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-01-04➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordon Hyslop Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/01/2026 |
James Hyslop Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/01/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| GMK FISHING LIMITED→ SC340440 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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| JIM WILMER & SONS TIMBER HARVESTING LTD.→ SC381371 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| JOHN K. DUNLOP LIMITED→ SC040422 · est 1964 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 61y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Carleton Lodge
Lendalfoot
Girvan
KA26 0JF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
HYSLOP, Gordon→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HYSLOP, James→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2006-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2013-11-30
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-01-04
HYSLOP, John Lyndsay→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-01-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 02/04/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15