C.W. ANYAN (FARMS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01190969 · ltd · incorporated 1974-11-18
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 40.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 5 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

5 live charges · oldest 40.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.2 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 (79/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
7 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-17
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  6. 2020-12-23
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  7. 2019-11-27
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  8. 2018-12-20
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  9. 2018-02-22
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  10. 2018-02-20
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  13. 2018-02-20
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  14. 2017-11-06
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  15. 2017-09-28
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  16. 2017-08-16
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    ANYAN, Ruth appointed
    director
  17. 2017-02-19
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    ANYAN, Ivor John Charles resigned
    director
  18. 2013-07-19
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    ANYAN, Roland Glew resigned
    director
  19. 2008-10-30
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2008-09-16
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    ANYAN, Julian Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-09-15
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    ANYAN, Roland Glew resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-07-18
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    ANYAN, Charles Clifford resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-07-18
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    ANYAN, Roland Glew appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-07-18
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    ANYAN, Charles Clifford resigned
    director
  25. 1986-05-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1986-05-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 1986-05-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 1986-05-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 1974-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As C.W. ANYAN (FARMS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANYAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

7 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lisa-Jane Howes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2018
Mrs Ruth Anyan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2018
Mr Nicholas Anyan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2018
Erica Manderfield
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2018
Mr Julian Nicholas Anyan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Phillip Anyan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Paul Anyan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ivor John Charles Anyanceased 25/01/2018· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1974-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Holme Hill Farm
Bishopbridge
Market Rasen
LN8 3LY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

ANYAN, Julian Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-16
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Active
ANYAN, Charles Phillip→
director · ~74y
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Active
ANYAN, Julian Nicholas→
director · ~60y
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Active
ANYAN, Paul→
director · ~76y
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Active
ANYAN, Ruth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-08-16
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Active
ANYAN, Charles Clifford→
secretary · resigned 1995-07-18
Resigned
ANYAN, Roland Glew→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-18 · resigned 2008-09-15
Resigned
ANYAN, Charles Clifford→
director · ~105y · resigned 1995-07-18
Resigned
ANYAN, Ivor John Charles→
director · ~78y · resigned 2017-02-19
Resigned
ANYAN, Roland Glew→
director · ~103y · resigned 2013-07-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/10/2008—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property16/05/1986—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property13/05/1986—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property13/05/1986—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property13/05/1986—
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Recent filings (105 total)

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2026-03-16
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2025-12-22
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2025-03-11
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2024-12-20
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2024-03-11
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2023-12-21
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2023-03-01
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2022-12-22
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2022-03-08
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2021-12-17
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2021-04-01
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2020-12-23
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2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-25