MANFARM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01522605 · ltd · incorporated 1980-10-16
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 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). 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 8.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,185,859
Net assets shrinking
Down £57,188 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.19M | £1.24M |
| Current assets | £11.3k | £48.0k |
| Net assets | £1.19M | £1.24M |
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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Robinson Gear (Management Services) Limited as Trustee of the Manfarm Limited Pension Scheme
- 1980-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs MANFARM 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 83 — 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 83 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 46 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Margaret Taylor Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/09/2019 |
Mr John Robert Taylor Individual · British · DOB 03/1943 · age 83 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated1980-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Login
Upper Chapel
Brecon
LD3 9RG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Robinson Gear (Management Services) as Trustee of the Manfarm Pension Scheme / John Robert Taylor as Trustee of the Manfarm Pension Scheme Robinson Gear (Management Services) Limited as Trustee of the Manfarm Limited Pension Scheme / John Robert Taylor as Trustee of the Manfarm Limited Pension Scheme | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/08/2017 | 03/11/2020 |
Recent filings (111 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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accounts · AA01
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20