BANSTEAD MANOR STUD LIMITED(THE)
🌳Matureactive
00209087 · ltd · incorporated 1925-10-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 62.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£20.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 62.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 62.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £20,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£20k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£20k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
| Current assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
| Debtors | £20.0k | £20.0k |
| Net assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-11-30➖TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles resigneddirector
- 2016-08-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-08-18📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2016-08-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-08-12➕SAUNDERS, Michael Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2016-08-12➕SAUNDERS, Michael Stephen appointeddirector
- 2016-08-12➖TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles resignedsecretary
- 2015-10-31➕ERSKINE CRUM, Douglas Vernon appointeddirector
- 2015-10-31➖MITCHELL, Philip Edward Harrison resigneddirector
- 1999-08-14➖HAWKINS, Colin Richard resignedsecretary
- 1999-08-14➕TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles appointedsecretary
- 1999-08-14➖HAWKINS, Colin Richard resigneddirector
- 1999-08-14➕TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles appointeddirector
- 1963-11-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: P J Oppenheimer
- 1925-10-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BANSTEAD MANOR STUD LIMITED(THE)
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
81/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 101 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Fahad Bin Khalid Individual · Saudi Arabian · DOB 07/1955 · age 71 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 14/01/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Khalid Bin Abdullahceased 12/01/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BECKS RURAL LTD→ 16658025 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| BELSAR'S HILL STUD AND FARM LTD→ 10607336 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| BIRCH'S FARMS LIMITED→ 15806420 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BITHIA LIMITED→ 07167915 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1925-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430
Registered office
Banstead Manor
Cheveley
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9RD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
SAUNDERS, Michael Stephen→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-08-12
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ERSKINE CRUM, Douglas Vernon→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2015-10-31
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SAUNDERS, Michael Stephen→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-08-12
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HAWKINS, Colin Richard→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-08-14
TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-08-14 · resigned 2016-08-12
HAWKINS, Colin Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · resigned 1999-08-14
MITCHELL, Philip Edward Harrison→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2015-10-31
TOLLER, Mark Geoffrey Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1999-08-14 · resigned 2016-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | P J Oppenheimer | Second debenture | 1 property | 06/11/1963 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12