BOGINDUIE FARMING COMPANY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC326421 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-27
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£892.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
58 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £891,974
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,660 YoY
Cash YoY
-20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£74k
↓ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£892k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£183k£365k£548k£730k£913kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Cash£74.5k£93.6k
Net assets£892.0k£912.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2016-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BOGINDUIE FARMING COMPANY LTD.
  18. 2007-06-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, John Main appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, John Main appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Judith Mckenzie appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-06-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-06-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-06-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

89/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John Main Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82
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
Incorporated2007-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael Bishop's Court
29 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, John Main→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-27
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Active
ANDERSON, John Main→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-06-27
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Active
ANDERSON, Judith Mckenzie→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2007-06-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2007-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10