GLENFARG ORGANICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC520769 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.98M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
22 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,983,657
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,426 YoY
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£212k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£331k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£602k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£3.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.79M£3.81M
Current assets£330.8k£354.4k
Cash£212.4k£300.5k
Debtors£118.3k£53.9k
Net assets£2.98M£3.01M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-05
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  3. 2023-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-06
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-09-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-08-04
    ➕
    HUGHES, Andrew James appointed
    director
  9. 2021-06-24
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    MCKENNA-MAYES, Graham Arthur resigned
    director
  10. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-01-01
    ➕
    MAYSON, Gary, Mr. appointed
    director
  14. 2020-01-01
    ➖
    SCANLON, John James, Mr. resigned
    director
  15. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2018-12-20
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  17. 2017-11-27
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  18. 2017-11-27
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2016-12-09
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    capital · SH01
  20. 2016-10-25
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    MCKENNA-MAYES, Graham Arthur appointed
    director
  21. 2016-10-25
    ➕
    SCANLON, John James, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2015-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENFARG ORGANICS LIMITED
  23. 2015-11-20
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Allan appointed
    director
  24. 2015-11-20
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, John Merchant appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Suez Recycling And Recovery Holdings Uk Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Binn Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GLENFARG ORGANICS LIMITED
This company · SC520769

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Suez Recycling And Recovery Holdings Uk Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/10/2016
Binn Group Limited
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Orchard Bungalow Offices
Binn Farm
Glenfarg
Perthshire
PH2 9PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Andrew James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACGREGOR, Allan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACGREGOR, John Merchant→
director · ~81y · appointed 2015-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAYSON, Gary, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-01-01
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Active
MCKENNA-MAYES, Graham Arthur→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-10-25 · resigned 2021-06-24
Resigned
SCANLON, John James, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-10-25 · resigned 2020-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-05