BINSTED FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00590446 · ltd · incorporated 1957-09-16

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£14.13M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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

41100Development of building projects
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,127,739

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,512 YoY

Cash YoY

+29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£467k

↑ 29% YoY

Net Worth

£14m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£777k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£17.96M	£17.98M
Current assets	£776.7k	£769.1k
Cash	£467.2k	£361.8k
Debtors	£124.4k	£126.5k
Net assets	£14.13M	£14.13M

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2026-01-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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WISHART, Michelle Andree resigned
director
2024-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-10
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WISHART, Michelle Andree resigned
secretary
2022-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-01-08
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NORRIS, Emma appointed
director
1997-10-10
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GREEN, David Gordon resigned
secretary
1997-10-01
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WISHART, Michelle Andree appointed
secretary
1997-09-26
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WISHART, Lorna Cecilia resigned
director
1997-09-25
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WISHART, Michelle Andree appointed
director
1957-09-16
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Company incorporated
As BINSTED FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 69 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Luke Binsted Wishart Individual · British · DOB 08/1933 · age 93	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	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

Incorporated1957-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

2 St Andrews Place

Lewes

East Sussex

BN7 1UP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NORRIS, Emma→

director · ~60y · appointed 2015-01-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WISHART, Luke Binsted→

director · ~93y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GREEN, David Gordon→

secretary · resigned 1997-10-10

Resigned

WISHART, Michelle Andree→

secretary · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 2022-12-10

Resigned

WISHART, Lorna Cecilia→

director · ~115y · resigned 1997-09-26

Resigned

WISHART, Michelle Andree→

director · ~92y · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 2024-07-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-15

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-16

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-01-16

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-01-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-01