DOVES FARM FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02301391 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10611
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10720SIC 10720
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-01➕MARRIAGE, Jethro Julius appointeddirector
- 2020-02-01➕MARRIAGE, Rupert Neville Lawrence appointeddirector
- 1988-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs DOVES FARM FOODS LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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 Clare Marriage Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael John Marriage Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Food & drink · RG postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOND BREWS LTD→ 09638800 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| CIAO TO BE CONTINUED LTD→ 14911809 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CLASADO LIMITED→ 05268862 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| CORALFOODS LTD→ 11906721 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| DAUBENEY & CO. LTD→ 05121103 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| DELPHIC BREWING COMPANY LTD→ 11360889 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| DIM YEUNG LIMITED→ 16979891 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DIVINE BROWNIES LTD→ 16485387 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DOLPHIN'S SEASONING PRODUCTS LIMITED→ 12430673 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| DPG73 PROPERTY LIMITED→ 16032468 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DRINK TRANQUILO LTD→ 15457240 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| DUELFUEL NUTRITION LIMITED→ 12852156 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611
Registered office
Doves Farm Foods Ltd, Salisbury
Road, Hungerford
Berkshire
RG17 0RF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
MARRIAGE, Jethro Julius→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARRIAGE, Rupert Neville Lawrence→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2020-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (126 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-15