BRAISEWORTH HALL FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00486437 · ltd · incorporated 1950-09-18
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). 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 (45/100).
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Refinance opportunity
11 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 60.8y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 60.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).
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
11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 12 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-07-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-07-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-11🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2014-03-11🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2003-10-07🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2001-02-28🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-02-18🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1995-05-04🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 1993-05-11🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Mrs Janet Elizabeth Harvey
- 1993-05-10🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Janet Elizabeth Harvey
- 1993-04-14🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1993-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1993-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1993-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1993-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-04-01➕SHARP, Janet Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 1993-01-22➖HARVEY, John Anthony resigneddirector
- 1993-01-14🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1992-11-13🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Close Brothers Limited
- 1992-10-02➖HARVEY, Robert Cecil William resigneddirector
- 1967-12-14🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited.
- 1967-08-01🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1967-04-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Eagle Star Insurance Company LTD
- 1965-10-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1965-10-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1950-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAISEWORTH HALL FARMS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 76 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 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.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Nicholas George Palmer As Trustee Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 08/07/2026 |
Mrs Janet Elizabeth Sharp Individual · British · DOB 10/1938 · age 88 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- David Hale As Trusteeceased 08/07/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest
- Mr Richard Ernest Barkerceased 12/10/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1950-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Blyth House
Rendham Road
Saxmundham
Suffolk
IP17 1WA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
SHARP, Janet Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~88y · appointed 1993-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARVEY, John Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1993-01-22
HARVEY, Robert Cecil William→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 1992-10-02
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Mortgages & charges
11
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:11 of 11 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 28/02/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 18/02/2000 | — | |
| satisfied | Mrs Janet Elizabeth Harvey | Third mortgage | 1 property | 11/05/1993 | 07/10/2003 | |
| satisfied | Janet Elizabeth Harvey / John Clement | Second mortgage | 1 property | 10/05/1993 | 11/03/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 14/01/1993 | 04/05/1995 | |
| satisfied | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited | Credit agreement | 1 property | 13/11/1992 | 11/03/2014 | |
| satisfied | Agricultural Mortgage Corporation . Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited. | Charge | 1 property | 14/12/1967 | 05/04/1993 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture as confirmed and ratified by a resolution passed at a meeting of the members of the company on 30TH april 1970 | 1 property | 01/08/1967 | 14/04/1993 | |
| satisfied | Eagle Star Insurance Company Eagle Star Insurance Company LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/04/1967 | 05/04/1993 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/10/1965 | 05/04/1993 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/10/1965 | 05/04/1993 |
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Recent filings (128 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16