ALSWICK HALL FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00691955 · ltd · incorporated 1961-05-08

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 13.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 13.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSC data returned

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

108 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	1600	1600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-04
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officers · TM01
2026-05-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-08
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JOHNSON, Annabel Mary resigned
secretary
2026-03-08
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JOHNSON, Annabel Mary resigned
director
2025-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-14
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FIDDES, Michael appointed
director
2020-10-10
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MELMAN, David Martin resigned
director
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-07
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accounts · AA
2012-08-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-04-13
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HEARN, Peter Anthony appointed
director
2011-04-13
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JOHNSON, George David Michael appointed
director
2011-04-13
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JOHNSON, Jessica Dominique Annabel appointed
director
2011-04-13
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JOHNSON, Patrick Dominic Alan Arthur appointed
director
2011-04-13
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MELMAN, David Martin appointed
director
2005-12-05
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JOHNSON, Annabel Mary appointed
director
2004-09-10
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JOHNSON, Ronald Arthur resigned
director
1961-05-08
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Company incorporated
As ALSWICK HALL FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JOHNSON, Annabel Mary resigned 2026-03-08; JOHNSON, Annabel Mary resigned 2026-03-08

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1961-05-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Alswick Hall

Buntingford

Herts

SG9 0AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (6 active · 4 resigned)

FIDDES, Michael→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-12-14

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Active

HEARN, Peter Anthony→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-04-13

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Active

JOHNSON, George David Michael→

director · ~41y · appointed 2011-04-13

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Active

JOHNSON, Jessica Dominique Annabel→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-04-13

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Active

JOHNSON, Michael Arthur→

director · ~73y

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Active

JOHNSON, Patrick Dominic Alan Arthur→

director · ~34y · appointed 2011-04-13

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Active

JOHNSON, Annabel Mary→

secretary · resigned 2026-03-08

Resigned

JOHNSON, Annabel Mary→

director · ~72y · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2026-03-08

Resigned

JOHNSON, Ronald Arthur→

director · ~104y · resigned 2004-09-10

Resigned

MELMAN, David Martin→

director · ~91y · appointed 2011-04-13 · resigned 2020-10-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/08/2012	—

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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-05

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-05-04

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-05-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-28

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2023-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-01-20