CHIVERS FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03036362 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-22
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Average employees200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-16
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  6. 2024-01-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2024-01-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  8. 2023-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2023-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-11-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2023-11-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-11-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-11-27
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    CHIVERS, Judith resigned
    director
  15. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-07-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2023-07-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2023-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2023-05-13
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    CHIVERS, Valerie Walton resigned
    director
  20. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2012-12-31
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    HEDLEY LEWIS, Vincent Richard resigned
    director
  24. 2007-10-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Master Fellows and Scholars of Christ's College in the University of Cambridge
  25. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    HEDLEY LEWIS, Vincent Richard appointed
    director
  26. 1999-10-06
    ➖
    CHIVERS, William Noel resigned
    director
  27. 1998-09-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 1997-11-12
    ➕
    CHIVERS, John Benjamin appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-11-11
    ➖
    MCKAY, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  30. 1995-09-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  31. 1995-06-01
    ➕
    CHIVERS, John Benjamin appointed
    director
  32. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    CHIVERS, Judith appointed
    director
  33. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    CHIVERS, William Noel appointed
    director
  34. 1995-03-30
    ➕
    CHIVERS, Valerie Walton appointed
    director
  35. 1995-03-23
    ➕
    MCKAY, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  36. 1995-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHIVERS FARMS LIMITED
  37. 1995-03-22
    ➕
    CRANE, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  38. 1995-03-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1995-03-22
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1995-03-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1995-03-22
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHIVERS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Chivers Farm Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chivers Farm Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CHIVERS FARMS LIMITED
This company · 03036362

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chivers Farm Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/12/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Hardwick Farming Company Limitedceased 21/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr John Benjamin Chiversceased 27/11/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Miss Caroline Elizabeth Chiversceased 27/11/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1995-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Field Barn Kings Road
Hardwick
Cambridge
CB23 7QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CHIVERS, John Benjamin→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHIVERS, John Benjamin→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRANE, Caroline Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKAY, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-23 · resigned 1997-11-11
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 1995-03-22
Resigned
CHIVERS, Judith→
director · ~85y · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 2023-11-27
Resigned
CHIVERS, Valerie Walton→
director · ~94y · appointed 1995-03-30 · resigned 2023-05-13
Resigned
CHIVERS, William Noel→
director · ~105y · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1999-10-06
Resigned
HEDLEY LEWIS, Vincent Richard→
director · ~85y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 1995-03-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Master Fellows and Scholars of Christ's College in the University of Cambridge
Legal charge1 property12/10/2007—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property29/09/199808/01/2024
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property28/09/199506/07/2023
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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-02-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-01-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-28