GRF FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03211704 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-10-12
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    FORBES, George Robert resigned
    director
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-16
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    FORBES, Katie Elspeth appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-16
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    capital · SH01
  15. 2020-07-16
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2020-07-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2020-07-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  18. 2020-07-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-30
    ➕
    FORBES, Ian John appointed
    director
  22. 2018-01-30
    ➖
    FORBES, Judith Alexandra resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    FORBES, Judith Alexandra appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    FORBES, Judith Alexandra appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    HALL, Roy James resigned
    secretary
  26. 1997-06-19
    ➕
    HALL, Roy James appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-06-19
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Andrew Hume resigned
    secretary
  28. 1997-06-19
    ➕
    FORBES, George Robert appointed
    director
  29. 1997-06-19
    ➖
    JONES, Richard Martin Vaughan resigned
    director
  30. 1996-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As GRF FARMS LIMITED
  31. 1996-06-13
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Andrew Hume appointed
    secretary
  32. 1996-06-13
    ➕
    JONES, Richard Martin Vaughan appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Grf Land Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Grf Land Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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GRF FARMS LIMITED
This company · 03211704

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Grf Land Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Ian John Forbes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/04/2020

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
Incorporated1996-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

FORBES, Ian John→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, Judith Alexandra→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, Katie Elspeth→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, Judith Alexandra→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2018-01-30
Resigned
HALL, Roy James→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-19 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
ROBINSON, Andrew Hume→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-13 · resigned 1997-06-19
Resigned
FORBES, George Robert→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-06-19 · resigned 2022-10-12
Resigned
JONES, Richard Martin Vaughan→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-06-13 · resigned 1997-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-28