DAVIDSONS FARM & COUNTRY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC553306 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-23
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 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
27 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2200 | 2100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-07-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-06-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-06-26➖GORDON, Allan Stewart resigneddirector
- 2017-06-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-06-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-06-02➕RAMSAY, Steven appointeddirector
- 2017-05-22➕BELL, Peter William Francis appointeddirector
- 2017-03-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-03-23➖DAVIDSON, Douglas Walter Mcgeorge resigneddirector
- 2017-03-23➖DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving resigneddirector
- 2016-12-23🏢Company incorporatedAs DAVIDSONS FARM & COUNTRY LTD
- 2016-12-23➕DAVIDSON, Douglas Walter Mcgeorge appointeddirector
- 2016-12-23➕DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving appointeddirector
- 2016-12-23➕GORDON, Allan Stewart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Walter Davidson & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Walter Davidson & Sons Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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DAVIDSONS FARM & COUNTRY LTD
This company · SC553306
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Davidson & Sons Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 23/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
21-24 Wellmeadow
Blairgowrie
PH10 6AT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BELL, Peter William Francis→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2017-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAMSAY, Steven→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Douglas Walter Mcgeorge→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · appointed 2016-12-23 · resigned 2017-03-23
DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-12-23 · resigned 2017-03-23
GORDON, Allan Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-12-23 · resigned 2017-06-26
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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 The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/06/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-24