FELTON COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00786565 · ltd · incorporated 1964-01-02

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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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.49M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01420

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 62.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 62.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

105 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,486,101

Cash YoY

+26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£388k

↑ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£1.5m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£756k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1.59M	£1.39M
Current assets	£756.2k	£640.1k
Cash	£387.6k	£308.8k
Debtors	£229.0k	£156.3k
Net assets	£1.49M	£1.31M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-21
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accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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mortgage · MR01
2023-04-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
2022-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2010-02-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-11-11
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EDWARDS, Clare Louise appointed
director
2001-11-07
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EDWARDS, Margaret Joy appointed
director
2000-03-13
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EDWARDS, Norman William resigned
director
1997-11-12
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EDWARDS, Edmund William resigned
director
1993-05-03
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EDWARDS, Richard William appointed
secretary
1993-05-03
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EDWARDS, Richard William appointed
director
1993-05-03
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EDWARDS, Brian Thomas resigned
secretary
1991-02-02
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EDWARDS, Brian Thomas appointed
secretary
1991-02-02
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EDWARDS, Vivien Frances resigned
secretary
1991-02-02
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EDWARDS, Vivien Frances resigned
director
1964-05-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank LTD
1964-05-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank LTD
1964-01-02
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Company incorporated
As FELTON COURT 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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

clean

No 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard William Edwards Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	—	—	board controlboard control	01/12/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Edmund Robert Edwardsceased 25/03/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

Incorporated1964-01-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Felton Court

Felton

Hereford

HR1 3PH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27