D.J. & M. PARRY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00980063 · ltd · incorporated 1970-05-20
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 36.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£8.43M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 · oldest 36.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.8 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
124 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £8,428,593
Cash YoY
+166%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6.2m
↑ 166% YoY
Net Worth
£8.4m
↑ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£8.8m
↑ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £8.43M | £5.16M |
| Current assets | £8.75M | £4.97M |
| Cash | £6.23M | £2.34M |
| Debtors | £2.53M | £2.54M |
| Net assets | £8.43M | £5.16M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-02-14➕PARRY, Edith Patricia appointeddirector
- 2026-02-14➖PARRY C/O THE DOP NO 3 DISCRETIONARY SETTLEMENT, Edith Patricia resigneddirector
- 2026-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-10➕PARRY, Georgina Lois appointeddirector
- 2026-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-02➖PARRY DECEASED, David Owen resigneddirector
- 2020-04-16🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2000-10-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-09-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1970-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs D.J. & M. PARRY LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PARRY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PARRY, Georgina Lois (same surname) appointed 2026-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 Edith Patricia Parry Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Owen Parry Deceasedceased 17/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1970-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Well House Bungalow
Colwell
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 4HX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
PARRY, Edith Patricia→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2026-02-14
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PARRY, Georgina Lois→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2026-02-10
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PARRY C/O THE DOP NO 3 DISCRETIONARY SETTLEMENT, Edith Patricia→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 2026-02-14
PARRY DECEASED, David Owen→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2021-11-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 16/10/2000 | 16/04/2020 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 19/09/1989 | — |
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Recent filings (124 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26