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00669070 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1960-09-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 75000Veterinary activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
37 officers (3 active, 37 linked, 29 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
129 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2024-09-09
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  4. 2024-09-09
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-08-28
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    FILEMAN, Paul John appointed
    director
  6. 2024-08-28
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    FRYER, Andrew Edwin resigned
    director
  7. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2022-09-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  10. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2021-12-08
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    POLLEY, Ann Georgina resigned
    director
  12. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  14. 2020-10-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-10-14
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    CLARK, Steven resigned
    director
  16. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-08-04
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    HORROCKS, Peter Graham resigned
    director
  19. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2017-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-10-27
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    DANGAN, Viscount, Lord resigned
    director
  23. 2012-03-07
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    LAMBERT, John resigned
    director
  24. 2007-10-10
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    CUTRESS, Lynn appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-10-01
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    LAMBERT, John appointed
    director
  26. 2005-10-01
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    LITTLE, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  27. 2005-10-01
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    CLARK, Steven appointed
    director
  28. 2005-10-01
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    FRYER, Andrew Edwin appointed
    director
  29. 2005-10-01
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    POLLEY, Ann Georgina appointed
    director
  30. 2005-09-30
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    BURTON, Bruce Martin resigned
    secretary
  31. 2005-09-30
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    BRETT, Ian Innes, Dr resigned
    director
  32. 2005-09-30
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    BRUTON, Kenneth Albert resigned
    director
  33. 2005-09-30
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    COLLIER, Eric Bernard resigned
    director
  34. 2005-09-30
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    CRANER, Michael resigned
    director
  35. 2005-09-30
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    FRANZMAN, Michael John resigned
    director
  36. 2005-09-30
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    JOSLIN, David Robin resigned
    director
  37. 2005-09-30
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    MATTISON, Audrey Edith resigned
    director
  38. 2005-09-30
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    ROWE, Nicholas James resigned
    director
  39. 2005-09-30
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    SINGER, Gloria resigned
    director
  40. 2001-09-19
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    CRANER, Michael appointed
    director
  41. 2001-09-19
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    DANGAN, Viscount, Lord appointed
    director
  42. 2001-09-17
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    WADHAM, Rohan Nicholas resigned
    director
  43. 2000-09-20
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    BRETT, Ian Innes, Dr appointed
    director
  44. 2000-09-20
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    EATON, Moira resigned
    director
  45. 2000-09-20
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    ROWE, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  46. 2000-09-20
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    TUKE, Anthony, Lt Commander resigned
    director
  47. 2000-03-06
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    PIRIE, John resigned
    director
  48. 2000-02-02
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    LITTLE, Susan Moira Jane resigned
    director
  49. 1999-09-28
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    HORROCKS, Peter Graham appointed
    director
  50. 1999-09-28
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    WHITTINGDALE, Patrick Clark resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

83/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 69. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Redwings Horse Sanctuary holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1960-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

C/O Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Norwich Road
Hapton
Norwich
NR15 1SP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 34 resigned)

CUTRESS, Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-10
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Active
FILEMAN, Paul John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-08-28
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Active
LITTLE, Mark Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-01
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Active
BURTON, Bruce Martin→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-30 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
COLLIER, Eric Bernard, Director And Company Secretary→
secretary · resigned 1995-01-30
Resigned
BAIRD, James, Sir→
director · ~113y · resigned 1997-03-13
Resigned
BICKERTON, Juliet→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-09-12 · resigned 1997-02-04
Resigned
BRETT, Ian Innes, Dr→
director · ~85y · appointed 2000-09-20 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
BRUTON, Kenneth Albert→
director · ~98y · appointed 1997-02-04 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
CLARK, Steven→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2020-10-14
Resigned
COLLIER, Eric Bernard→
director · ~101y · appointed 1995-03-14 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
CRANER, Michael→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
DANGAN, Viscount, Lord→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2013-10-27
Resigned
DIMOCK, Betty→
director · resigned 1992-03-05
Resigned
EATON, Moira→
director · ~79y · resigned 2000-09-20
Resigned
FRANZMAN, Michael John→
director · ~91y · appointed 1991-09-12 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
FRYER, Andrew Edwin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2024-08-28
Resigned
HEYCOCK, Ygerne→
director · ~110y · resigned 1996-07-31
Resigned
HORROCKS, Peter Graham→
director · ~82y · appointed 1999-09-28 · resigned 2019-08-04
Resigned
JOSLIN, David Robin→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-02-04 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (129 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-12