COLLEGE VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00527041 · ltd · incorporated 1953-12-19

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

02100SIC 02100

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	13	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-13
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officers · AP01
2026-01-16
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officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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SPEKE, Ian Benjamin resigned
director
2025-12-01
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SAMPLE, Fiona Jean, The Reverend appointed
director
2025-12-01
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STRAKER-SMITH, Willa appointed
director
2025-12-01
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officers · AP01
2025-11-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-06
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accounts · AA
2024-12-06
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officers · TM01
2024-06-19
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SPENCER-NAIRN, Angus resigned
director
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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officers · AP01
2022-12-08
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accounts · AA
2022-08-26
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NAYLOR, Dominic Basil Todd appointed
director
2022-01-13
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accounts · AA
2021-03-20
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officers · TM01
2021-03-20
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officers · TM01
2021-03-20
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officers · AP01
2021-01-01
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FELL, Louis Michael Rudston appointed
director
2020-12-31
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MATHESON, Colin Abercrombie resigned
director
2020-12-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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DOBIE, James Alexander Jardine resigned
director
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-31
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JAMES, Oliver Francis Wintour, Professor resigned
director
2018-01-01
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SPEKE, Ian Benjamin appointed
director
2018-01-01
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WARD, Christopher John resigned
director
2016-01-01
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RIDDELL, Walter John Buchanan appointed
director
2016-01-01
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MATHESON, Colin Abercrombie appointed
director
2010-11-19
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BAKER-CRESSWELL, Charles Addison Fitzherbert resigned
director
2010-11-03
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GWA COSEC LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-11-03
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MATHESON, Colin Abercrombie resigned
secretary
2008-11-21
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IZAT, Alexander John Rennie resigned
director
2008-11-21
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JOICEY, James Michael, Lord resigned
director
2008-11-21
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WARD, Christopher John appointed
director
2006-11-24
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BAKER-CRESSWELL, John Addison appointed
director
2006-11-24
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DOBIE, James Alexander Jardine appointed
director
2000-11-17
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IZAT, Alexander John Rennie appointed
director
1997-10-31
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JOICEY, James Michael, Lord appointed
director
1997-10-31
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LETTS, John Martin resigned
director
1997-10-31
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MATHESON, Colin Abercrombie resigned
director
1997-10-31
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RIDLEY, Matthew White, Viscount resigned
director
1997-10-31
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SPENCER-NAIRN, Angus appointed
director
1953-12-19
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Company incorporated
As COLLEGE VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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.)

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LINDISFARNE LUING LIMITED→ 07449519 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
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PENMAR FARMING LIMITED→ 03053098 · est 1995 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	—	—
REDPATH FISHERIES LTD→ 11712649 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
RESTON & BERWICK FARMING COMPANY LIMITED→ 00060938 · est 1899 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	127y	—	—
ROBSON URWIN & CO. LIMITED→ 01106530 · est 1973 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	53y	—	—
RUTHERFORD FARMING LIMITED→ 03351752 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	—	—
SIMPRIM FARMS LTD→ SC032129 · est 1957 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	69y	—	—
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SOS FARMING LTD→ 10780898 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1953-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17