HALL & SONS(DAIRY FARMERS)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00327231 · ltd · incorporated 1937-04-26
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01420SIC 01420
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 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

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 75.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 75.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2026-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-12
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-04-30
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  5. 2024-04-29
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  6. 2023-07-18
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  7. 2023-06-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2023-06-06
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    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2021-04-01
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  11. 2020-01-31
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  12. 2018-12-31
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  13. 2018-01-02
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  14. 2017-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-06-30
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    O'HARA, John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-06-30
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    O'HARA, John appointed
    director
  18. 2010-06-30
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    HALL, Charles Anthony resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    HALL, Charles Anthony resigned
    director
  20. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    HALL, Stephen Walter James resigned
    director
  21. 2003-02-14
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    O'HARA, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2003-02-14
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    O'HARA, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-14
    ➖
    HALL, Clive Frederick resigned
    director
  24. 2000-01-10
    ➖
    BATTEN, Laurence John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2000-01-10
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    HALL, Charles Anthony appointed
    secretary
  26. 1996-01-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Pinner Farm Dairy Limited
  27. 1990-10-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: C a Hall
  28. 1990-04-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 1951-04-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank Limited
  30. 1937-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As HALL & SONS(DAIRY FARMERS)LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 89 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael O'Hara
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Joseph O'Hara
Individual · British · DOB 12/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1937-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

101 Rowlands Avenue
Hatch End
Middlesex
HA5 4AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

O'HARA, John→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-30
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Active
O'HARA, John→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-06-30
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Active
O'HARA, Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-02-14
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Active
O'HARA, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-02-14
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Active
BATTEN, Laurence John→
secretary · resigned 2000-01-10
Resigned
HALL, Charles Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-10 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
HALL, Charles Anthony→
director · ~83y · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
HALL, Clive Frederick→
director · ~91y · resigned 2003-02-14
Resigned
HALL, Stephen Walter James→
director · ~63y · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pinner Farm Dairy
Pinner Farm Dairy Limited
Debenture1 property03/01/1996—
outstanding
C a Hall / K J Hall / J Hall / M B Trustees / S Hall / G. E Hall
C a Hall / K J Hall / J Hall / M B Trustees Limited / S Hall / G. E Hall
Legal charge1 property10/10/1990—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank Limited
Debenture1 property20/04/195125/04/1990
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Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01