DRONLEY FARMING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC535245 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£539.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £539,818

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£540k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£504k
↑ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£108k£216k£324k£432k£540kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£759.3k£465.3k
Current assets£504.0k£285.4k
Net assets£539.8k£389.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2016-07-01
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2016-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2016-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As DRONLEY FARMING LTD
  15. 2016-05-12
    ➕
    GREWAR, Euan Reid appointed
    director
  16. 2016-05-12
    ➕
    GREWAR, Lynsey Helen appointed
    director
  17. 2016-05-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Euan Reid Grewar
Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Dronley Farm
Muirhead
Dundee
DD3 0QJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25
Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GREWAR, Euan Reid→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-05-12
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Active
GREWAR, Lynsey Helen→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-05-12
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—28/06/2016—
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-22