KANADEVIA INOVA WAVERLEY FARM CONTRACTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC362745 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-16
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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 with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-04-28
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-04-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-11
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    ROSS, Nicholas Robert William resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-05-15
    ➕
    MILLS, Peter appointed
    director
  12. 2024-05-15
    ➖
    DAVIES, Phillip John resigned
    director
  13. 2023-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-12-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-23
    ➖
    ORR, Michael James resigned
    director
  22. 2016-09-22
    ➕
    ORR, Michael James appointed
    director
  23. 2016-09-12
    ➕
    JACKSON, Trevor Howard appointed
    director
  24. 2016-09-12
    ➕
    KUTNER, John Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-31
    ➕
    DAVIES, Phillip John appointed
    director
  26. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    JACKSON, Trevor Howard resigned
    director
  27. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan resigned
    director
  28. 2015-07-31
    ➕
    ROSS, Nicholas Robert William appointed
    director
  29. 2009-07-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KANADEVIA INOVA WAVERLEY FARM CONTRACTS LTD
  30. 2009-07-16
    ➕
    JACKSON, Trevor Howard appointed
    director
  31. 2009-07-16
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  32. 2009-07-16
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  33. 2009-07-16
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-04-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Kanadevia Inova Biogas St Boswells Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kanadevia Inova Biogas St Boswells Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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KANADEVIA INOVA WAVERLEY FARM CONTRACTS LTD
This company · SC362745

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kanadevia Inova Biogas St Boswells Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Iona Capital Limitedceased 26/03/2025· board control
  • Iona Environmental Infrastructure Lpceased 06/04/2016· significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

JACKSON, Trevor Howard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KUTNER, John Michael→
director · ~86y · appointed 2016-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLS, Peter→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Phillip John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-07-31 · resigned 2024-05-15
Resigned
JACKSON, Trevor Howard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2009-07-16
Resigned
MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
ORR, Michael James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2018-01-23
Resigned
ROSS, Nicholas Robert William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-31 · resigned 2024-09-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27