CLAYCROP FARMS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC552092 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-07
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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 600 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-21✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-02-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-02-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-01-01➕WALLACE, James appointeddirector
- 2016-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs CLAYCROP FARMS LTD
- 2016-12-07➕WALLACE, James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-05-21: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr James Wallace Individual · British · DOB 06/1990 · age 36 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 07/12/2016 |
Mr James Wallace Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC NICHOLSON LTD→ 15053915 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CLIFFORDS CASUALTY SERVICE LIMITED→ SC356156 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| CORSOCK FARMS LIMITED→ SC167760 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| CRABAPPLETREE LIMITED→ SC405570 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CRAIGLEY FARMS LTD→ SC330850 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| CUIL FARMING COMPANY→ SC618863 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| D J LIVESTOCK→ SC847644 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALGLIESH FORESTRY LIMITED→ SC880178 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALTON HOOK FARM LIMITED→ SC500549 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| DARDARROCH FARM LIMITED→ SC877790 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Claycrop Farm
Kirkinner
Newton Stewart
DG8 9AS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WALLACE, James→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2017-01-01
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WALLACE, James→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2016-12-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/02/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22