AREMA FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01404727 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
111 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£2£2
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-04-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-04-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-04-20
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-04-06
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    ADOLPH, Emanuel Roland Walter appointed
    director
  20. 2020-04-06
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    BARNES, Ariane Edith Irmgard appointed
    director
  21. 2020-04-06
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    ADOLPH, Dagmar Ingrid Margot resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-04-06
    ➖
    ADOLPH, Dagmar Ingrid Margot resigned
    director
  23. 2020-04-06
    ➖
    ADOLPH, Winfried Gustav Siegfried resigned
    director
  24. 1978-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AREMA FARMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ariane Edith Irmgard Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2020
Mr Emanuel Roland Walter Adolph
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Dagmar Ingrid Margot Adolphceased 06/04/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Winfried Gustav Siegfried Adolphceased 06/04/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1978-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

High Meadow Preston Road
Gosmore
Hitchin
SG4 7QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ADOLPH, Emanuel Roland Walter→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Ariane Edith Irmgard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADOLPH, Dagmar Ingrid Margot→
secretary · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
ADOLPH, Dagmar Ingrid Margot→
director · ~87y · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
ADOLPH, Winfried Gustav Siegfried→
director · ~91y · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10