BRUCE TODD LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC538633 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-22

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	4	300

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-19
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2016-06-22
🏢
Company incorporated
As BRUCE TODD LTD
2016-06-22
➕
TODD, Bruce Russell appointed
director
2016-06-22
➕
TODD, Louise Macdonald appointed
director
2016-06-22
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TODD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bruce Russell Todd Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mrs Louise Macdonald Todd Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · KW postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ALBA RENEWABLES LTD→ SC302001 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
ANDREW WATT GROUP LIMITED→ SC722537 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
B RIDLAND LTD→ SC419164 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
BINSCARTH LIMITED→ SC251665 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
BRAEBUSTER FARM→ SC421166 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
BRECK FARM LIMITED→ SC282508 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
BROADHAVEN FISHING COMPANY LTD→ SC493630 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
C MACKAY LTD→ SC828234 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
CAITHNESS CROP PROCESSING LIMITED→ SC146001 · est 1993 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	—	—
CARBETH CLYDESDALES LTD→ SC838511 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
DJM FARMING LTD→ SC480212 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
DREVER & CO LIMITED→ SC421073 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-06-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Quarrycrook

7 Hoy

Halkirk

Caithness

KW12 6UU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-19

Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TODD, Bruce Russell→

director · ~49y · appointed 2016-06-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TODD, Louise Macdonald→

director · ~52y · appointed 2016-06-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.