> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Small Robot Company - URL: https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/graveyard/small-robot-company/ - Published: 2026-10-26T17:46:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-31T05:28:07.000Z - Description: Farm-robot and per-plant weed-mapping start-up; creditors' voluntary liquidation after a term sheet lapsed, Feb 2024 - Author: Editorial Desk - Tags: #ep-grave ✝ Startup · Creditors' voluntary liquidation · 1 February 2024 Farm-robot and per-plant weed-mapping start-up; creditors' voluntary liquidation after a term sheet lapsed, Feb 2024 Companies House [10846464](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10846464?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) · Dissolved on 30 April 2026 How it ended Creditors' voluntary liquidation Ended 1 February 2024 Founded 2017 Sector Food & Agritech Based in Elsewhere in the UK Funding raised Undisclosed Last known website [smallrobotcompany.com](https://www.smallrobotcompany.com/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) Last checked 26 October 2026 ## What happened Small Robot Company was incorporated in July 2017 by Ben Scott-Robinson, Sam Watson Jones and Sarra Mander and worked from Salisbury, Wiltshire. It built the Tom, Dick, Harry and Wilma robots and sold a per-plant weed and crop-mapping service for cereal farmers, claiming herbicide savings of up to 90 per cent in trials. The business was funded by venture rounds and repeated equity crowdfunding campaigns that drew in many farmers as shareholders. In summer 2023 its lead investor withdrew, a replacement crowdfund fell short, and a signed term sheet did not complete before cash ran out. On 1 February 2024 shareholders resolved to wind the company up and Kroll were appointed liquidators to sell the technology and assets. The liquidation closed with a final meeting in January 2026 and the company was dissolved on 30 April 2026. ## Why - Could not raise the next round - Cost of capital / unit economics ## What happened to the assets, customers and team Kroll Advisory were appointed liquidators in February 2024 to sell the robots, software and intellectual property; the James Hutton Institute continued its robot research through the National Robotarium. Crowdfunding investors were not expected to recover their money. Final meeting January 2026; dissolved April 2026. ## In their words > with great sadness that after a long fight Small Robot Company today proceeds into liquidation > > Small Robot Company, company statement (LinkedIn) · [source](https://www.farminguk.com/news/great-sadness-small-robot-company-put-into-liquidation%5F64099.html?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) > We were the victims of the valley of death > > Small Robot Company, company statement to The Robot Report · [source](https://www.therobotreport.com/agtech-startup-small-robot-company-shutting-down/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) ## Lessons Agricultural robotics needed years of field seasons before revenue scaled, and investor appetite for that risk evaporated in 2023\. Relying on a single lead investor and a crowd of small shareholders left no one able to bridge the gap when the term sheet stalled. ## Sources 1. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10846464?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) 2. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10846464/filing-history?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) 3. [farminguk.com](https://www.farminguk.com/news/great-sadness-small-robot-company-put-into-liquidation%5F64099.html?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) 4. [therobotreport.com](https://www.therobotreport.com/agtech-startup-small-robot-company-shutting-down/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) 5. [thescottishfarmer.co.uk](https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/24105378.hutton-robot-operational-post-start-up-firms-collapse/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk) ✓ Verified by EP+ Every Graveyard entry is checked against Companies House and the sources above, and re-checked periodically. Spotted an error or a company that has been rescued? [Tell us](mailto:info@entrepreneurplus.co.uk?subject=Graveyard%20correction%3A%20Small%20Robot%20Company). [← The Graveyard](https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/graveyard/)