HOPEMAN CHRISTMAS TREES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC319613 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-26
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 16.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
70 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.

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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2017-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-03-23
    ➖
    PIMM, Rodney Michael resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-03-23
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    PIMM, Rodney Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2009-08-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Jorgen Gejlager Holding a/S
  19. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    GEILAGER, Jorgen appointed
    director
  20. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    GEILAGER, Rasmus appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    KRISTENSEN, Kjeld appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    PIMM, Rodney Michael appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    PIMM, Rodney Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    AS DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HOPEMAN CHRISTMAS TREES LIMITED
  27. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    AS DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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M Gejlager Holding Aps
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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R Gejlager Holding Aps
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Mg Tindhof Holding Aps
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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HOPEMAN CHRISTMAS TREES LIMITED
This company · SC319613

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
M Gejlager Holding Aps
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
R Gejlager Holding Aps
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mg Tindhof Holding Aps
Corporate entity
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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Drynie Mains Farmhouse
North Kessock
Inverness
IV1 3XG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GEILAGER, Jorgen→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEILAGER, Rasmus→
director · ~47y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRISTENSEN, Kjeld→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIMM, Rodney Michael→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-01 · resigned 2015-03-23
Resigned
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
PIMM, Rodney Michael→
director · ~88y · appointed 2007-11-01 · resigned 2015-03-23
Resigned
AS DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Jorgen Gejlager Holding a/S
Floating charge1 property17/08/2009—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-11