DEERHYDE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01538598 · ltd · incorporated 1981-01-13
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 43.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01450SIC 01450
  • 55300SIC 55300
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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 43.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-07-31
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    STURROCK, Caroline Rebecca Rosamund appointed
    director
  17. 2011-11-13
    ➖
    BUNN, Andrew Jonathan Ganthony Maxwell resigned
    director
  18. 1998-09-18
    ➖
    BUNN, June Rosamund resigned
    director
  19. 1983-03-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 1981-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As DEERHYDE LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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

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
Mr George Maxwell Bunn
Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Rebecca Rosamund Sturrock
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1981-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

3rd Floor 86 - 90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUNN, George Maxwell→
secretary
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Active
BUNN, George Maxwell→
director · ~76y
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Active
STURROCK, Caroline Rebecca Rosamund→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active
BUNN, Andrew Jonathan Ganthony Maxwell→
director · ~73y · resigned 2011-11-13
Resigned
BUNN, June Rosamund→
director · ~102y · resigned 1998-09-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property31/03/1983—
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Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11