M.D. HAMILTON (FARMS) LIMITED

📈Growthactive

02847743 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-25

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 32.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.2y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (7 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £431,420

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£431.4k	£141.4k
Average employees	400	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2025-11-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
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PONSONBY, Amanda appointed
director
2025-08-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-03
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-01-29
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PAULING, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2025-01-29
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PAYNE, Sarah Ann appointed
director
2024-12-31
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ELLIOT, John Andrew resigned
secretary
2024-12-31
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ELLIOT, John Andrew resigned
director
2024-10-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-29
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WILLS, Catherine Mary Hamilton, Dr resigned
director
2022-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-12-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-06-19
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TULLOCH, Anthony Richard appointed
director
2015-11-23
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KILLEARN, Victor Miles George Aldous, The Lord resigned
director
2010-09-29
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COOPER, Peter John resigned
director
2010-07-06
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NELSON, Thomas Michael appointed
director
2009-11-30
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WILLS, Catherine Mary Hamilton, Dr appointed
director
2009-06-22
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FIENNES, Martin Guy appointed
director
2009-06-22
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FRANCKLIN, Charles Philip Liell appointed
director
2009-06-22
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CARSON, John Seton Burrell resigned
director
2009-06-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Hdh Wills 1965 Charitable Trust Henley
2004-11-20
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ELLIOT, John Andrew appointed
secretary
2004-11-20
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ELLIOT, John Andrew appointed
director
2004-10-29
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ELLIOT, John Kerr resigned
secretary
2004-10-29
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ELLIOT, John Kerr resigned
director
1998-12-09
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KEMP-WELCH, John, Sir resigned
director
1994-04-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lady Eva Helen Mcmorrough Wills
1993-10-18
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KILLEARN, Victor Miles George Aldous, The Lord appointed
director
1993-10-05
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CARSON, John Seton Burrell appointed
director
1993-10-05
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KEMP-WELCH, John, Sir appointed
director
1993-09-21
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ELLIOT, John Kerr appointed
secretary
1993-09-21
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-09-21
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COOPER, Peter John appointed
director
1993-09-21
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ELLIOT, John Kerr appointed
director
1993-09-21
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-09-21
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-08-25
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Company incorporated
As M.D. HAMILTON (FARMS) LIMITED

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

Group structure

The H D H Wills 1965 Charitable Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The H D H Wills 1965 Charitable Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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M.D. HAMILTON (FARMS) LIMITED

This company · 02847743

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The H D H Wills 1965 Charitable Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-08-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Gravita Oxford Llp First Floor, Park Central

40/41 Park End Street

Oxford

OX1 1JD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25