BLACKHOUSE FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01304490 · ltd · incorporated 1977-03-24
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 29.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 29.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.4 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
£780
↓ 99% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £4.2k |
| Current assets | £780 | £89.4k |
| Cash | — | £51.1k |
| Debtors | £780 | £90 |
| Net assets | — | £3.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-12-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-04-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-04-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 1997-02-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1996-11-29➖GAY, Charles Benjamin resigneddirector
- 1996-11-29➖GAY, Marie Gertrude resigneddirector
- 1977-03-24🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACKHOUSE FARMS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr George Murray Klepp Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 15/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190
Registered office
4 King Square
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3YF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
GAY, Charles Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 1996-11-29
GAY, Marie Gertrude→
Resigneddirector · ~110y · resigned 1996-11-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 27/02/1997 | 21/12/2022 |
Recent filings (92 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15