FARM PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03020365 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-10

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,085

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£3k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£1.1k	£1.1k
Current assets	£3.1k	£3.1k
Net assets	£1.1k	£1.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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2023-05-23
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2022-05-24
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2021-06-01
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2020-06-09
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2019-05-29
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2018-05-31
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2017-05-25
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2016-06-01
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2016-02-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-15
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2015-03-03
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2014-06-10
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1998-03-27
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YATES, Ian Robert appointed
secretary
1998-03-27
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GROSE, Douglas Andrews resigned
secretary
1995-02-10
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Company incorporated
As FARM PARTNERS LIMITED
1995-02-10
➕
YATES, Diana Elizabeth appointed
director
1995-02-10
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YATES, Ian Robert appointed
director
1995-02-10
➕
GROSE, Douglas Andrews appointed
secretary
1995-02-10
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ADRIANS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-02-10
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ADRIANS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Robert Yates Individual · British · DOB 04/1941 · age 85	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	09/02/2017

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

Incorporated1995-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Latchleys Manor

Steeple Bumpstead

Haverhill

Suffolk

CB9 7DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

YATES, Ian Robert→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

YATES, Diana Elizabeth→

director · ~83y · appointed 1995-02-10

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Active

YATES, Ian Robert→

director · ~85y · appointed 1995-02-10

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Active

GROSE, Douglas Andrews→

secretary · appointed 1995-02-10 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

ADRIANS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-02-10 · resigned 1995-02-10

Resigned

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