DALTON HOOK FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC500549 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-16
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
£1.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,543,474

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£203k
Net Worth
£1.5m
Current Assets
£718k
Current Liabilities
£0£309k£617k£926k£1.2m£1.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.77M
Current assets£718.3k
Cash£202.9k
Debtors£100.4k
Net assets£1.54M
Average employees700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-03-24
    SCOTT, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-24
    SCOTT, Lee Martin appointed
    director
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2019-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As DALTON HOOK FARM LIMITED
  19. 2015-03-16
    SCOTT, Thomas Antony appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Antony Scott
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75100%
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
Incorporated2015-03-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Dalton Hook
Dalton
Lockerbie
Dumfriesshire
DG11 1DG
Scotland

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SCOTT, Joanne Elizabeth
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active
SCOTT, Lee Martin
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active
SCOTT, Thomas Antony
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-03-16
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-11-25