DRIVERS FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00680602 · ltd · incorporated 1961-01-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
105 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-06-10
    ➖
    MOLTON, Mary Christine resigned
    director
  5. 2026-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2025-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-04-10
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    MOLTON, Thomas David William appointed
    director
  12. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-02-07
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2023-02-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-11-25
    ➕
    MOLTON, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2022-11-25
    ➖
    MOLTON, Mary Christine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2022-07-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-09-06
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    MOLTON, Elaine appointed
    director
  22. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2006-01-06
    ➕
    MOLTON, Richard John appointed
    director
  25. 2005-12-31
    ➖
    MOLTON, Harold John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2005-12-31
    ➕
    MOLTON, Mary Christine appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-12-31
    ➖
    MOLTON, Harold John resigned
    director
  28. 1961-01-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DRIVERS FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MOLTON, Thomas David William (same surname) appointed 2025-04-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas David William Molton
Individual · British · DOB 12/2000 · age 26
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/07/2024
Mr Harold Molton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1997 · age 29
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/07/2024
Mr Richard John Molton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017

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
Incorporated1961-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

106a High Street
Sawston
Cambridge
CB22 3HJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MOLTON, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2022-11-25
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Active
MOLTON, Elaine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-09-06
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Active
MOLTON, Richard John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-06
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Active
MOLTON, Thomas David William→
director · ~26y · appointed 2025-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOLTON, Harold John→
secretary · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
MOLTON, Mary Christine→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-31 · resigned 2022-11-25
Resigned
MOLTON, Harold John→
director · ~99y · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
MOLTON, Mary Christine→
director · ~94y · resigned 2026-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-02-07