FIELD COMMON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00501894 · ltd · incorporated 1951-12-01
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68201Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
113 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-31
Average employees300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-01-10
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  6. 2021-02-18
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  7. 2020-01-20
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  8. 2019-03-14
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  9. 2018-02-02
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  10. 2017-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-08
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  13. 2015-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-19
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    address · AD01
  15. 2002-03-07
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    SEARS, Robert David appointed
    secretary
  16. 2002-03-07
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    SEARS, Claire Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2002-03-07
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    SEARS, Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2002-03-07
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    NICOL, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-07
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    GREENLEAF, Susan resigned
    director
  20. 2002-03-07
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    GREENLEAF, Trevor John Quarrie resigned
    director
  21. 2002-03-07
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    LAVENDER, Christina resigned
    director
  22. 2002-03-07
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    LAVENDER, Eric Thomas resigned
    director
  23. 2002-03-07
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    NICOL, Gillian resigned
    director
  24. 2002-03-07
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    NICOL, John Stuart resigned
    director
  25. 1951-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As FIELD COMMON LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 75 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.)

Group structure

Browns Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Browns Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FIELD COMMON LIMITED
This company · 00501894

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Browns Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1951-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

9 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

SEARS, Robert David→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEARS, Claire Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEARS, Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOL, Gillian→
secretary · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
GREENLEAF, Susan→
director · ~83y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
GREENLEAF, Trevor John Quarrie→
director · ~82y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
LAVENDER, Christina→
director · ~111y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
LAVENDER, Eric Thomas→
director · ~110y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
NICOL, Gillian→
director · ~81y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
NICOL, John Stuart→
director · ~81y · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13