ARNOLD FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00623954 · ltd · incorporated 1959-03-24

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 35.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.5y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 35.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

114 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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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	1300	1600

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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accounts · AA
2025-07-25
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accounts · AA
2024-09-06
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accounts · AA
2023-07-07
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accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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accounts · AA
2021-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-31
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accounts · AA
2020-08-18
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officers · AP03
2020-08-18
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officers · TM02
2020-07-28
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MIDDLETON, Wendy Susan appointed
secretary
2020-07-28
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ARNOLD, Ethel Susan resigned
secretary
2020-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2020-03-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-03-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-03-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-16
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officers · CH01
2018-05-16
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officers · CH01
2013-03-28
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ARNOLD, Rosemary Anne appointed
director
2013-03-28
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CANTLE, Linda Emma appointed
director
2013-03-28
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MIDDLETON, Wendy Susan appointed
director
2000-06-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Arnold Farms Limited
1990-12-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
1959-03-24
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Company incorporated
As ARNOLD FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARNOLD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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

Arnold Farms Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Arnold Farms Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ARNOLD FARMS LIMITED

This company · 00623954

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Arnold Farms Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	05/08/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr William Thomas Arnoldceased 05/08/2021· 75-100% shares · 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

Incorporated1959-03-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Bennetts Farm

Boreley

Ombersley

Worcester

WR9 0HS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06