CONISHOLME FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00658925 · ltd · incorporated 1960-05-11
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 37.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  3. 2026-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-02
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    STOUT, Lionel Alty resigned
    director
  5. 2026-03-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-12-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2024-10-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2024-10-19
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    Charge satisfied #8
  12. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-01-12
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    address · AD01
  19. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-02-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-11-19
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    THOMPSON, Jeffrey Bertram resigned
    director
  22. 2017-12-01
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    THOMPSON, Alexander Jeffrey appointed
    director
  23. 2017-10-02
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
  24. 2011-03-25
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  25. 2006-03-22
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    Charge satisfied #4
  26. 2006-03-22
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    Charge satisfied #3
  27. 2006-03-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 2006-03-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2005-07-20
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  30. 1999-02-28
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    HARNEISS, John Fredrick Charles resigned
    director
  31. 1998-08-21
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Amc Bank Limited
  32. 1998-08-21
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Amc Bank Limited
  33. 1997-05-01
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    THOMPSON, Sally Louise appointed
    director
  34. 1997-04-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  35. 1995-02-25
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    THOMPSON, Sally Louise appointed
    secretary
  36. 1995-02-25
    ➖
    BUXTON, Caroline Clare resigned
    secretary
  37. 1994-10-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  38. 1994-09-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  39. 1992-05-08
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    HARNEISS, John Fredrick Charles appointed
    director
  40. 1988-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  41. 1960-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CONISHOLME FARMS 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 29 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 29 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Conisholme Farms (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CONISHOLME FARMS LIMITED
This company · 00658925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Conisholme Farms (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/04/2026
Mr Alexander Jeffrey Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/04/2021
Mrs Sally Louise Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jeffrey Bertram Thompsonceased 25/11/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1960-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Cherry Tree Farm Fen Lane
Conisholme
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 7LU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

THOMPSON, Sally Louise→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Alexander Jeffrey→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Sally Louise→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUXTON, Caroline Clare→
secretary · resigned 1995-02-25
Resigned
HARNEISS, John Fredrick Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-05-08 · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
STOUT, Lionel Alty→
director · ~79y · resigned 2026-04-02
Resigned
THOMPSON, Jeffrey Bertram→
director · ~95y · resigned 2018-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
A registered charge2 properties02/10/2017—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property25/03/201119/10/2024
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property20/07/2005—
outstanding
Amc Bank
Amc Bank Limited
Legal charge1 property21/08/1998—
outstanding
Amc Bank
Amc Bank Limited
Legal charge1 property21/08/1998—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/04/199722/03/2006
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property21/10/199422/03/2006
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage2 properties14/09/199422/03/2006
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property19/12/198822/03/2006
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Recent filings (118 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03