D.W.HARRISON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00846757 · ltd · incorporated 1965-04-26
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 55.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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
6 live charges · oldest 55.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 55.1 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: 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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-08-25🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-02➖HARRISON, David Walter resigneddirector
- 2017-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2007-05-01➕HARRISON, Sophie Annabel appointeddirector
- 2005-05-15➖HARRISON, Hazel Joan resignedsecretary
- 2005-05-15➖HARRISON, Hazel Joan resigneddirector
- 2005-03-31➕HASLAM, India Kate appointeddirector
- 2005-01-15➕HARRISON, Rodney Charles appointedsecretary
- 1996-09-30🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1992-05-01➕HARRISON, Wendy Jane appointeddirector
- 1992-01-17🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1977-08-02🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1977-05-26🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1977-05-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1977-05-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1971-06-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1965-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs D.W.HARRISON LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARRISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mark David Harrison Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Rodney Charles Harrison Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Bridge Farm
Timberland Fen
Lincoln
LN4 3RG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)
HARRISON, Rodney Charles→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-01-15
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Active
Active
HARRISON, Sophie Annabel→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2007-05-01
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HARRISON, Wendy Jane→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1992-05-01
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HASLAM, India Kate→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2005-03-31
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HARRISON, Hazel Joan→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-05-15
HARRISON, David Walter→
Resigneddirector · ~101y · resigned 2017-03-02
HARRISON, Hazel Joan→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 2005-05-15
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 30/09/1996 | 25/08/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 02/08/1977 | 17/01/1992 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 26/05/1977 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 26/05/1977 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 26/05/1977 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 14/06/1971 | — |
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Recent filings (112 total)
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2026-01-05
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2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-10-14
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2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2023-11-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-01-21
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2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10