H.MOUNT & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00423293 · ltd · incorporated 1946-11-08

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

£4.86M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01210SIC 01210
01240SIC 01240
11030SIC 11030

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 11 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

11 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.3y

40/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,856,153

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£594

Net Worth

£4.9m

Current Assets

£984k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.54M	—
Current assets	£984.5k	—
Cash	£594	—
Debtors	£810.8k	—
Net assets	£4.86M	—
Average employees	—	1700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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MOUNT, Sam Alexander appointed
director
2023-03-31
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MOUNT, Sam Alexander resigned
director
2023-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2007-09-01
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MOUNT, Camilla Lucy appointed
director
2007-09-01
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MOUNT, Sam Alexander appointed
director
2000-01-25
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ALEXANDER, Utrick Henry Burton resigned
director
2000-01-25
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LATHAM, Richard Henry Ringrose resigned
director
2000-01-25
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MOUNT, Jane, Lady resigned
director
1998-09-29
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1996-05-17
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MOUNT, Mark Donald Crichton appointed
secretary
1996-05-17
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ROBERTS, Donald William resigned
secretary
1993-05-14
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LATHAM, Virginia Jane resigned
director
1993-05-14
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MOUNT, James, Sir resigned
director
1993-05-14
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MOUNT, Jane, Lady appointed
director
1993-05-14
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MOUNT, Jane, Lady resigned
director
1993-05-14
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MOUNT, Peggy Dorothy resigned
director
1993-05-14
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ROBINSON, Andrew Pirie Stuart resigned
director
1993-05-14
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ROBINSON, Selina Clare resigned
director
1991-03-18
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1991-03-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1991-03-18
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1991-03-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1990-09-18
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
1985-10-27
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1985-10-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-02-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-02-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-02-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1946-11-08
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Company incorporated
As H.MOUNT & SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOUNT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MOUNT, Sam Alexander (same surname) appointed 2023-03-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 80 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

1 low

11 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Donald Crichton Mount Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1946-11-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Woolton Farm

Bekesbourne

Canterbury

Kent

CT4 5EA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-03

Last: 2025-11-19