BROADTRENCH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02000078 · ltd · incorporated 1986-03-14

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 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£8.68M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,678,864

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,475 YoY

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£508k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£8.7m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£1.4m

↓ 5.9% 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	£9.18M	£9.29M
Current assets	£1.41M	£1.49M
Cash	£508.4k	£445.9k
Debtors	£78.5k	£178.7k
Net assets	£8.68M	£8.69M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-08-08
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2024-09-12
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accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts · AA
2020-10-07
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accounts · AA
2020-04-20
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SHARP, Lucy Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-04-20
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officers · TM02
2020-04-20
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officers · TM01
2020-04-20
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officers · AP01
2020-04-19
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SHARP, Primrose resigned
secretary
2020-04-19
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SHARP, Primrose resigned
director
2020-02-06
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mortgage · MR01
2020-01-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Elizabeth Katie Sharp, Jonathan Frederick Sharp and Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited as Trustees of the Broadtrench Small Self Administered Scheme
2020-01-24
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address · AD01
2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-07-25
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accounts · AA
2016-09-30
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accounts · AA
2009-10-28
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SHARP, Edward resigned
director
2005-05-15
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SHARP, Jonathan Frederick appointed
director
1993-12-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-12-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-05-01
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QUARTERMAN, Annette resigned
secretary
1993-05-01
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SHARP, Primrose appointed
secretary
1993-05-01
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QUARTERMAN, Allan Gerald resigned
director
1992-09-28
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SHARP, Edward appointed
director
1986-03-14
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Company incorporated
As BROADTRENCH LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Timothy Edward Sharp Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Frederick Sharp Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1986-03-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Hall Garth Farm West Street

Leven

Beverley

East Riding Of Yorkshire

HU17 5LR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SHARP, Jonathan Frederick→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-15

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Active

SHARP, Lucy Elizabeth→

director · ~28y · appointed 2020-04-20

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Active

QUARTERMAN, Annette→

secretary · resigned 1993-05-01

Resigned

SHARP, Primrose→

secretary · appointed 1993-05-01 · resigned 2020-04-19

Resigned

QUARTERMAN, Allan Gerald→

director · ~71y · resigned 1993-05-01

Resigned

SHARP, Edward→

director · ~86y · appointed 1992-09-28 · resigned 2009-10-28

Resigned

SHARP, Primrose→

director · ~82y · resigned 2020-04-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Elizabeth Katie Sharp, Jonathan Frederick Sharp and Barnett Waddingham Trustees as Trustees of the Broadtrench Small Self Administered Scheme Elizabeth Katie Sharp, Jonathan Frederick Sharp and Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited as Trustees of the Broadtrench Small Self Administered Scheme	A registered charge	1 property	27/01/2020	—
outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	10/12/1993	—
outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	10/12/1993	—

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