BERKSHIRE HOPS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00303648 · ltd · incorporated 1935-08-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£7.84M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 87.0y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 87.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £7,841,716
Net assets shrinking
Down £601,353 YoY
Cash YoY
+212%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↑ 212% YoY
Net Worth
£7.8m
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 103% 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 | £8.39M | £8.83M |
| Current assets | £5.9k | £2.9k |
| Cash | £4.4k | £1.4k |
| Debtors | — | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £7.84M | £8.44M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-17🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2024-04-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-04-15🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-01-29🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2019-01-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-12-12🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2018-12-06➕BLANCHARD, Edward Mason appointeddirector
- 2018-12-06➕BLANCHARD, James Henry appointeddirector
- 2011-11-27➖BLANCHARD, James Frederick resigneddirector
- 2011-06-13➖BLANCHARD, Mary Grace Mason resignedsecretary
- 2011-06-13➖BLANCHARD, Mary Grace Mason resigneddirector
- 2001-04-20➖BLANCHARD, Michael David resigneddirector
- 1966-03-31🔒Charge registered #5Lender: J.H. Willman
- 1966-03-04🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Midland Bank LTD
- 1941-07-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank LTD
- 1939-06-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank LTD
- 1939-06-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank LTD
- 1935-08-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BERKSHIRE HOPS LIMITED
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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 91 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Trustees Of The Golding Hop Accumulation And Maintenance Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Trustees Of The Golding Hop Accumulation And Maintenance Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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BERKSHIRE HOPS LIMITED
This company · 00303648
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trustees Of The Golding Hop Accumulation And Maintenance Trust Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy James Blanchardceased 28/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated1935-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
C/O Cooper Parry New Derwent House
69-73 Theobalds Road
London
WC1X 8TE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BLANCHARD, Edward Mason→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2018-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLANCHARD, James Henry→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2018-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLANCHARD, Mary Grace Mason→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2011-06-13
BLANCHARD, James Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · resigned 2011-11-27
BLANCHARD, Mary Grace Mason→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 2011-06-13
BLANCHARD, Michael David→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2001-04-20
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 15/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited / Barclays Bank UK PLC / Barclays Bank PLC / Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/02/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | J.H. Willman | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/03/1966 | 29/01/2019 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/03/1966 | 12/12/2018 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 17/07/1941 | 17/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 05/06/1939 | 29/01/2019 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 05/06/1939 | 17/04/2024 |
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Recent filings (122 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-23