WHIRLOW HALL FARM TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01432126 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1979-06-21

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 34.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01250

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01500SIC 01500
55900Other accommodation
85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 34.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 34.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

62 officers (9 active, 62 linked, 58 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

200 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (119 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2025-10-06
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2025-10-02
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NEW, Carey appointed
director
2024-12-12
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2024-11-25
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2024-11-25
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2024-11-23
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HOLT, Tanya Christina resigned
director
2024-11-23
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OSHIN, Olubukola resigned
director
2024-11-12
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2024-11-11
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2024-11-10
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AIKIN, Kathleen Margaret resigned
director
2024-11-09
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ROSS, Colin Arthur appointed
director
2024-07-01
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2024-06-28
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MILLS, Joanne appointed
director
2024-05-30
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2024-05-17
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ZEIDLER, Martin appointed
director
2023-12-05
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2023-10-10
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2023-10-01
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LILLEY, Keith Edmund resigned
director
2023-04-15
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2023-03-13
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2023-03-01
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GEMMELL, Kate Louise appointed
director
2022-10-03
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2022-09-17
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HOLT, Tanya Christina appointed
director
2022-07-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-04
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2021-10-27
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GOFFIN, Nicholas Adrian resigned
director
2021-02-03
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2020-10-01
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2020-07-24
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2020-02-01
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GOFFIN, Nicholas Adrian appointed
director
2019-09-21
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DAWSON, Derek Henry resigned
director
2019-09-21
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KRACHAI, Alexis John resigned
director
2019-09-21
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ROBINSON, Nicholas Robert Bown resigned
director
2019-04-22
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ELLIS, Gillian resigned
director
2019-04-22
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HARRISON-WALKER, Louisa resigned
director
2019-04-22
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STEVENSON, Emma Elizabeth resigned
director
2018-08-19
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EDWARDS, Peter David appointed
director
2018-08-19
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KRACHAI, Alexis John appointed
director
2017-07-03
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MCKERVEY, Martin appointed
secretary
2017-07-03
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DYSON, Roger Kenneth resigned
secretary
2016-12-21
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DYSON, Roger Kenneth resigned
director
2016-11-12
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MACDONALD, Neil Andrew resigned
director
2016-06-30
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PEDDER, Anthony Paul resigned
director
2016-06-11
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BROUWER-INCE, Colin Andrew, Lord resigned
director
2016-06-11
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ROYLE, Graham resigned
director
2016-02-06
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DAWSON, Derek Henry appointed
director
2016-02-06
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OSHIN, Olubukola appointed
director
2016-02-06
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STEVENSON, Emma Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-12-31
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AUSTIN, John Richard resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1979-06-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01250 — SIC 01250

Registered office

Whirlow Hall Farm

Whirlow Lane

Sheffield

S11 9QF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19