BELTON FISH FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02602912 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-18
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees600600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-05-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2016-05-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  14. 2015-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-03
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    SYKES, Susan appointed
    director
  17. 2015-04-03
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    TOOK, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2015-04-03
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2000-05-01
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    SCARLL, Joan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-05-01
    ➖
    SYKES, Susan resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-04-06
    ➕
    TOOK, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 1992-05-21
    ➕
    SYKES, Susan appointed
    secretary
  23. 1992-05-21
    ➖
    CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1992-05-21
    ➖
    CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 1992-03-21
    ➕
    SCARLL, Joan appointed
    director
  26. 1992-03-21
    ➕
    SCARLL, John Richard appointed
    director
  27. 1991-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BELTON FISH FARM LIMITED
  28. 1991-04-18
    ➕
    CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1991-04-18
    ➕
    CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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
Mrs Joan Scarll
Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Richard Scarll
Individual · British · DOB 08/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46230 — SIC 46230

Registered office

Belton Fish Farm
The Turbary
Belton
Nr.Doncaster
DN9 1PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SCARLL, Joan→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-01
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Active
SCARLL, Joan→
director · ~82y · appointed 1992-03-21
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Active
SCARLL, John Richard→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-03-21
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Active
SYKES, Susan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-04-03
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Active
SYKES, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1992-05-21 · resigned 2000-05-01
Resigned
CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1991-04-18 · resigned 1992-05-21
Resigned
TOOK, Peter→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 2015-04-03
Resigned
CORPORATE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1991-04-18 · resigned 1992-05-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—04/05/2016—
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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-25