B.B. FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01874885 · ltd · incorporated 1984-12-31
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 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.67M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 28.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.1 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 (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,671,944
Cash YoY
+53%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£197k
↑ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£5.7m
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£524k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.83M | £5.75M |
| Current assets | £524.1k | £461.3k |
| Cash | £197.5k | £129.2k |
| Debtors | £71.3k | £41.9k |
| Net assets | £5.67M | £5.53M |
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
3
filings
- • 1 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-06-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-06-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-13➕BLACKER, Benjamin Peter appointeddirector
- 2026-01-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-01➖BLACKER, Peter Hutchinson resigneddirector
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30➕BLACKER, Andrew James appointedsecretary
- 2019-04-30➖BLACKER, Peter Hutchinson resignedsecretary
- 2019-04-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-04-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 1998-05-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1984-12-31🏢Company incorporatedAs B.B. 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BLACKER, Benjamin Peter (same surname) appointed 2026-01-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew James Blacker Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 22/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Hutchinson Blackerceased 23/06/2025· 50-75% shares
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
Incorporated1984-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Burn Butts
Cranswick
Driffield
YO25 9JJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BLACKER, Andrew James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active
BLACKER, Benjamin Peter→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2026-01-13
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BLACKER, Peter Hutchinson→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2019-04-30
BLACKER, Peter Hutchinson→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 2023-06-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/05/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (101 total)
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-06-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-06-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27