ADMINGTON HALL FARMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03058694 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.18M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,176,794

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£547k
Net Worth
£1.2m
Current Assets
£639k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£235k£471k£706k£941k£1.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.18M—
Current assets£639.1k—
Cash£546.5k—
Debtors£60.7k—
Net assets£1.18M—
Average employees—0

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
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  5. 2022-06-30
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  6. 2021-06-29
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  7. 2020-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-28
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  10. 2018-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-06-30
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  14. 2015-06-29
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  15. 2015-05-19
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  16. 2014-07-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1995-05-23
    ➕
    DAVIES, Antonia Catherine appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-05-23
    ➕
    DAVIES, Mark Edward Trehearne appointed
    director
  19. 1995-05-23
    ➖
    WING, Clifford Donald resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-05-23
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    BONUSWORTH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 1995-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ADMINGTON HALL FARMS LIMITED
  22. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    WING, Clifford Donald appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    BONUSWORTH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Edward Trehearne Davies
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2016

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
Incorporated1995-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Oakley House
Tetbury Road
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 1US
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIES, Antonia Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Mark Edward Trehearne→
director · ~78y · appointed 1995-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WING, Clifford Donald→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-19 · resigned 1995-05-23
Resigned
BONUSWORTH LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1995-05-19 · resigned 1995-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
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accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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2023-06-01
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2022-07-01
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-12