A.E. & W.A.FARR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00605374 · ltd · incorporated 1958-05-30

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 29.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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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

01470SIC 01470

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 29.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

150 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	1600	1600

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-14
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-02
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FARR, Annabelle Jane Durance resigned
director
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-16
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-16
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officers · CH01
2025-07-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2023-08-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2022-07-21
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2021-11-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-02-25
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-01-01
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FARR, Alexander Nicholas James appointed
director
2015-01-01
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WAINRIGHT-LEE, Edward William Herbert appointed
director
2014-03-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2011-10-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-02-23
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FARR, Sheila Mary Durance resigned
director
2002-06-28
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WAINRIGHT-LEE, Richard Anthony Herbert appointed
director
1997-05-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1992-09-14
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FARR, Patricia Elizabeth Catherine Mary appointed
director
1958-05-30
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Company incorporated
As A.E. & W.A.FARR LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FARR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Mark Alexander Farr Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	50–75%	25–50%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mr Richard Anthony Herbert Wainright-Lee Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	—	25–50%	25-50% voting · trust interest	16/07/2025
Mr Nicholas John Arthur Farr Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76	—	25–50%	25-50% voting · trust interest	16/07/2025
Mrs Patricia Elizabeth Catherine Mary Farr Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/11/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Nicholas John Arthur Farrceased 22/11/2022· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1958-05-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Newnham Manor

Newnham

Baldock

Herts

SG7 5LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-24

Last: 2025-07-10