BLACKATON MANOR FARM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01221612 · ltd · incorporated 1975-08-04
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 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01450SIC 01450
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 20.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-14🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-09-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-09-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-09-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-16➕RAYNOR, Susan Tracey appointedsecretary
- 2020-09-16➕RAYNOR, Susan Tracey appointeddirector
- 2020-06-24➖JONES, Myfanwy Elizabeth Dallison resignedsecretary
- 2014-01-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-01-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-11-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2005-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-03-14➕JONES, Mark Stephen appointeddirector
- 1995-01-28➖JONES, Wilfred Henry resigneddirector
- 1975-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACKATON MANOR FARM LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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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Mrs Susan Tracey Raynor Individual · English · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/09/2021 |
Mr Mark Stephen Jones Individual · English · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/09/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Myfanwy Elizabeth Dallison Jonesceased 24/06/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A J LIDSTONE & SON LIMITED→ 03788580 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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| ARBORFOR LIMITED→ 02501667 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
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| BLACKLER BARTON (FARMS) LIMITED→ 05187585 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BLUE HORIZON FISHING LIMITED→ 16594319 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BLUE THUNDER 68 LIMITED→ 15527705 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BOLT FISHING LIMITED→ 16885600 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420
Registered office
Blackaton Manor
Widecombe In The Moor
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 7UB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
RAYNOR, Susan Tracey→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Mark Stephen→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1995-03-14
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RAYNOR, Susan Tracey→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Myfanwy Elizabeth Dallison→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-06-24
JONES, Wilfred Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 1995-01-28
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2014 | 14/09/2023 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/01/2014 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/12/2005 | 02/11/2011 |
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Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19