UGIE FARMS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC709075 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-09

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.24M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 1.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £5,237,202

Cash YoY

+7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.8m

↑ 7.3% YoY

Net Worth

£5.2m

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Assets

£2.8m

↑ 7.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.24M	£5.07M
Current assets	£2.84M	£2.65M
Cash	£2.82M	£2.63M
Debtors	£15.2k	£13.9k
Net assets	£5.24M	£5.07M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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mortgage · MR01
2025-09-12
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mortgage · MR01
2025-08-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm Limited
2025-08-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm Limited
2024-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Simply Blue Energy (Scotland) LTD
2023-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-28
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capital · SH01
2021-11-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-13
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accounts · AA01
2021-09-09
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Company incorporated
As UGIE FARMS LIMITED
2021-09-09
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HOMEWOOD, Nicola appointed
director
2021-09-09
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PATRICK, Margaret Joan appointed
director
2021-09-09
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STRACHAN, Bruce appointed
director
2021-09-09
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STRACHAN, James George Stephen appointed
director
2021-09-09
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STRACHAN, Sandra appointed
director
2021-09-09
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incorporation · NEWINC

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Ugie Farms (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ugie Farms (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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UGIE FARMS LIMITED

This company · SC709075

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
Ugie Farms (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ugie Properties (Holdings) Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Ugie Properties Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Ugie Investments Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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BOW FIDDLE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC179910 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2021-09-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Broad House

Broad Street

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 1HY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08