CLEABOY FARMS COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
00741452 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1962-11-20
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 45.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 45.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
102 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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£204k£408k£612k£816k£1.0mMar 2021Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312021-03-31
Total assets—£1.02M
Current assets—£534.9k
Net assets—£1.02M
Average employees4—

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2018-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  6. 2018-10-03
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  7. 2018-10-03
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  8. 2017-10-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2017-10-13
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2017-10-12
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    WALKER, Michael appointed
    director
  11. 2017-10-12
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    MORTON, Alan James resigned
    director
  12. 2017-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-09-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2017-09-21
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  15. 2017-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2017-09-14
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-06-17
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    address · AD01
  18. 2017-06-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-06-13
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    BLUNDELL, Jill appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-13
    ➕
    KAY, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-13
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    MORTON, Alan James appointed
    director
  22. 2017-05-04
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    BLUNDELL, Christopher James appointed
    director
  23. 2017-05-04
    ➖
    METCALFE, Frederick Muzeen resigned
    secretary
  24. 2017-05-04
    ➖
    HOLLIDAY, Celia Mary, The Hon. Mrs resigned
    director
  25. 2017-05-04
    ➖
    HOLLIDAY, Phillip Brook resigned
    director
  26. 2016-05-18
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    METCALFE, Frederick Muzeen appointed
    secretary
  27. 2015-09-09
    ➖
    STAINTHORPE, Tracey Annette resigned
    secretary
  28. 2014-12-31
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    HOLLIDAY, Celia Mary, The Hon. Mrs appointed
    director
  29. 2014-04-03
    ➖
    HOLLIDAY, Lionel Brook resigned
    director
  30. 2010-09-21
    ➖
    ADAMS, Theresa resigned
    secretary
  31. 2010-09-21
    ➕
    STAINTHORPE, Tracey Annette appointed
    secretary
  32. 1986-12-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 1984-01-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  34. 1980-11-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  35. 1962-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEABOY FARMS COMPANY

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 64 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Ermewood Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ermewood Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLEABOY FARMS COMPANY
This company · 00741452

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ermewood Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/09/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Christopher James Blundellceased 07/09/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Bench Manorceased 07/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Lionel Brook Holliday Deceasedceased 04/05/2017· 75-100% shares · significant influence

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

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7 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
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1962-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Mount St John
Felixkirk
Thirsk
YO7 2DT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

BLUNDELL, Christopher James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-05-04
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Active
BLUNDELL, Jill→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-06-13
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Active
KAY, Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-13
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Active
WALKER, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-10-12
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Active
ADAMS, Theresa→
secretary · resigned 2010-09-21
Resigned
METCALFE, Frederick Muzeen→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-18 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
STAINTHORPE, Tracey Annette→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2015-09-09
Resigned
HOLLIDAY, Celia Mary, The Hon. Mrs→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-12-31 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
HOLLIDAY, Lionel Brook→
director · ~98y · resigned 2014-04-03
Resigned
HOLLIDAY, Phillip Brook→
director · ~60y · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
MORTON, Alan James→
director · ~82y · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2017-10-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property04/01/198431/12/1986
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property14/11/1980—
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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-10-03