HUDDLESTONE FARMERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02124349 · ltd · incorporated 1987-04-21
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 31.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.37M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
125 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,366,237
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£319k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
£4.4m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£873k£1.7m£2.6m£3.5m£4.4mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£8.22M£8.23M
Current assets£1.35M£1.36M
Cash£319.2k£311.3k
Debtors£225.1k£259.7k
Net assets£4.37M£3.89M

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

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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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  2. 2025-03-24
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  3. 2024-03-05
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  4. 2023-01-05
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  5. 2022-01-13
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  6. 2021-03-17
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  7. 2020-02-14
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-05-21
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  10. 2017-01-16
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  11. 2016-06-29
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  12. 2016-03-31
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    MURPHY, Pauline Wendy resigned
    director
  13. 2016-01-18
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  14. 2016-01-18
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  15. 2016-01-18
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  16. 2015-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2014-01-27
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    GUE, Keith Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-27
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    GUE, Matthew Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-27
    ➕
    GUE, Ryan James appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-27
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Andrew Paul resigned
    director
  22. 2013-12-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Energiekontor UK Limited
  23. 2013-11-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 2010-12-01
    ➖
    MURPHY, Pauline Wendy resigned
    secretary
  25. 2002-08-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 1995-03-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 1987-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As HUDDLESTONE FARMERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Marion Gue
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/07/2016

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
Incorporated1987-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Huddlestone Farm
Horsham Road
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

GUE, Keith Thomas→
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-01-27
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Active
GUE, Marion→
director · ~65y
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Active
GUE, Matthew Edward→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-01-27
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Active
GUE, Ryan James→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-01-27
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Active
GUE, Timothy Michael→
director · ~68y
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Active
MURPHY, Pauline Wendy→
secretary · resigned 2010-12-01
Resigned
MURPHY, Pauline Wendy→
director · ~92y · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
SIMMONS, Andrew Paul→
director · ~68y · resigned 2014-01-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Energiekontor UK
Energiekontor UK Limited
A registered charge1 property24/12/201317/09/2014
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/11/2013—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/03/199527/08/2002
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Recent filings (125 total)

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2026-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-02-27