DASSETT FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00530698 · ltd · incorporated 1954-03-20

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 60.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£92.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

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

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed agriculture with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 60.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 60.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £92,576

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£93k

Current Assets

£116k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£92.6k
Current assets	£116.1k
Net assets	£92.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-04
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-06-02
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officers · CH01
2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts · AAMD
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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officers · AP01
2023-09-27
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officers · AP01
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-21
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officers · AP01
2023-09-13
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DAVIES, Amelia Jennifer appointed
director
2023-09-13
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DAVIES, Carol-Anne appointed
director
2023-09-13
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HARRIS, John appointed
director
2023-09-13
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SMITH, Steven appointed
director
2023-04-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-16
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accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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officers · TM01
2022-07-01
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DAVIES, Michael Owen resigned
director
2021-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-13
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DAVIES, Jeremy Griffith appointed
secretary
2017-06-03
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DAVIES, Jennifer Diane resigned
secretary
2017-06-03
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DAVIES, Jennifer Diane resigned
director
1966-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
1954-03-20
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Company incorporated
As DASSETT FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-13

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Estate Of Michael Owen Davies Individual · British · DOB 08/1930 · age 96	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · firm interest	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

The Estate Of Mrs Jennifer Daviesceased 30/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest

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

Incorporated1954-03-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Hill Farm

Dassett Road, Avon Dassett

Southam

Warwickshire

CV47 2AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-03-13OVERDUE

Last: 2025-02-27