BLETSOE - BROWN LIMITED

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00950777 · ltd · incorporated 1969-03-26

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 34.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒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

83/100

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 34.1 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: medium (74/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Average employees	12	1100

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

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Recent activity

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Counts from Companies House filing history.

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BLETSOE-BROWN, Cynthia Thelma resigned
director
2000-06-28
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BLETSOE-BROWN, Peter, Major resigned
director
1992-10-27
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BLETSOE BROWN, Michael Harold appointed
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1992-10-27
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BLETSOE-BROWN, David appointed
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1992-09-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
1992-09-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC.
1992-06-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
1969-03-26
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Company incorporated
As BLETSOE - BROWN 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 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.)

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FISH AND POND CENTRE LIMITED→ 04230942 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
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FOX HILL GRANGE FARM LTD→ 14234385 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
FOXHALL TRADING LIMITED→ 09935669 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
FR CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15515554 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
FURZE GROUNDS FARM LIMITED→ 16381220 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
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GLEBE FARM (SAWTRY) LIMITED→ 14654875 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
GLEBE FARM LIMITED→ 08441004 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1969-03-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Sywell House

Sywell

Northampton

NN6 0BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24