WATSON SEEDS LIMITED
Company number SC192259 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Watson Seeds is a small, conservatively financed Scottish seed specialist with a niche B2B position in agricultural and forage seed, supported by Barenbrug/Feurach group ownership. Its 2022 balance sheet is much stronger than typical small agri-input distributors—high liquidity, low leverage and growing net assets—but profitability and turnover are not public, and rising debtors plus a proposal-to-strike-off status warrant monitoring. In a consolidating, policy-driven seed market, local agronomy and group genetics are advantages, while scale and weather/working-capital cyclicality remain constraints.
Shareholders' funds
£964,212
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-12-30
- Employees
- 9 (2022 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 1, Cheviot House, Mill Wynd, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41 4EX
- Postcode
- EH41 4EX
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Officers 3 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BARENBRUG U.K. LIMITED — since 2024-06-28
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- watsonseeds.co.uk
- Phone
- 01368840655
We are independent seed specialists based in Scotland - supplying a range of mixtures and seeds to estates, farms and crofts across the UK and Ireland
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| JOHN WATSON SEEDS LIMITED | 2020-11-02 |
| SKATERAW LIMITED | 1999-03-30 |
| MATCHTOOL LIMITED | 1999-03-11 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SKATERAW, DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN, EH42 1QR | 2017-11-07 |
| 17 MELVILLE STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN EH3 7PH | 2001-12-21 |
| SKATERAW, DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN EH42 1QR | 2000-03-14 |
| 24 GREAT KING STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 6QN | 1999-03-08 |
The class of 1998
39%
of the 222 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.