BROOMDYKES FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00997502 · ltd · incorporated 1970-12-17
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 55.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 55.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 55.2 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 (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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 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
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees500500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-15
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    FRASER, Iain Thomas Simon resigned
    director
  17. 2010-10-01
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    FRASER, Simon Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-01
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    FRASER-GRANTE, Lindsay-Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2007-01-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 1971-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
  21. 1970-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOMDYKES FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Charles Fraser
Individual · English · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lindsay Jane Fraser-Grante
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1970-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Eq Accountants Ltd, Unit 6 Agricultural Hall
Skirsgill
Penrith
CA11 0FF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FRASER, Patricia Ann→
secretary
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Active
FRASER, Patricia Ann→
director · ~87y
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Active
FRASER, Simon Charles→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
FRASER-GRANTE, Lindsay-Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
FRASER, Iain Thomas Simon→
director · ~93y · resigned 2015-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/01/2007—
outstanding
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation .
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
A registered charge1 property26/03/1971—
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Recent filings (102 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-20