BRADFIELDS FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00654056 · ltd · incorporated 1960-03-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 63.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£2.96M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01250SIC 01250
  • 01300SIC 01300
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 63.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 63.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,957,663

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3.0m
↑ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
£529k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£592k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£3.0mMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£2.96M£2.77M
Current assets£529.4k£305.2k
Net assets£2.96M£2.77M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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  3. 2025-05-14
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-05-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-01
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1998-04-06
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    PRICE, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  18. 1998-04-06
    ➕
    PRICE, William appointed
    director
  19. 1998-04-06
    ➖
    PRICE, Ann Mary resigned
    director
  20. 1998-04-06
    ➖
    PRICE, Peter Hugh resigned
    director
  21. 1962-08-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Provincial Bank LTD
  22. 1960-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BRADFIELDS FARM LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Jane Price
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr William Price
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1960-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01210 — SIC 01210

Registered office

Bradfields Farm
Bradford On Tone
Taunton
Somerset
TA4 1HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRICE, Ann Mary→
secretary
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Active
PRICE, Nicola Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-04-06
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Active
PRICE, William→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-04-06
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Active
PRICE, Ann Mary→
director · ~92y · resigned 1998-04-06
Resigned
PRICE, Peter Hugh→
director · ~94y · resigned 1998-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Provincial Bank
National Provincial Bank LTD
Mortgage1 property15/08/196214/05/2025

Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-05