G.WHITFIELD & SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00754214 · ltd · incorporated 1963-03-21
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 35.4y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 35.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-05➕HARLEY, Neil Sinclair appointedsecretary
- 2023-10-05➖WHITFIELD, Edward John resignedsecretary
- 2023-10-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-10-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-08-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-07-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-07-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-10➕HARLEY, Neil Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-12➖HARLEY, Neil Sinclair resigneddirector
- 2020-08-12➖WHITFIELD, Carolyn Ann resigneddirector
- 2020-08-12➖WHITFIELD, Edward John resigneddirector
- 2020-01-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-01-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-12-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-12-17➕HARLEY, Susanna Mary Whitfield appointeddirector
- 2019-12-17➕HARLEY, Neil Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2015-06-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 1991-01-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 1963-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs G.WHITFIELD & SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Susanna Mary Whitfield Harley Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 17/12/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Carolyn Ann Whitfieldceased 17/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Edward John Whitfieldceased 17/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| GRIFFITHS FARMS LTD→ 15324195 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| HIGHFIELD LODGE AGRONOMY LTD→ 06766613 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Cheswell Grange
Lilleshall
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 9AE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
HARLEY, Neil Sinclair→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-10-05
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HARLEY, Neil Sinclair→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-07-10
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HARLEY, Susanna Mary Whitfield→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2019-12-17
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WHITFIELD, Edward John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2023-10-05
HARLEY, Neil Sinclair→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2019-12-17 · resigned 2020-08-12
WHITFIELD, Carolyn Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2020-08-12
WHITFIELD, Edward John→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2020-08-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/06/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 02/01/1991 | — |
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Recent filings (105 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23