BENTLEY FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03297611 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-31

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

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year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 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.

Key financials

2 years 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	3	3

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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2025-11-24
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2024-10-08
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2023-11-23
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2022-07-14
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accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts · AA
2019-11-14
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accounts · AA
2019-01-03
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officers · AP01
2018-12-31
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BROOKES, James Alastair Bentley Russell appointed
director
2018-09-24
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accounts · AA
2017-11-17
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accounts · AAMD
2017-11-08
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accounts · AA
2016-08-17
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accounts · AA
2015-12-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-26
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accounts · AA
1997-02-28
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BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward appointed
secretary
1997-02-28
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BROOKES, Ann Elizabeth appointed
director
1997-02-28
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BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward appointed
director
1997-02-28
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HYLAND, Matthew William Edward resigned
secretary
1997-02-28
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BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward appointed
director
1997-02-28
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BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward resigned
director
1997-02-28
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FISHER, Jacqueline resigned
director
1997-02-28
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HYLAND, Matthew William Edward resigned
director
1996-12-31
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Company incorporated
As BENTLEY FARMS LIMITED
1996-12-31
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HYLAND, Matthew William Edward appointed
secretary
1996-12-31
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FISHER, Jacqueline appointed
director
1996-12-31
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HYLAND, Matthew William Edward 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Alastair Edward Brookes Individual · English · DOB 06/1949 · age 77	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Elizabeth Brookes Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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BONTERRE CIC→ 09051053 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-12-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Bentley Court

Holt

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR6 6TX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-26

Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-28

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Active

BROOKES, Ann Elizabeth→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-02-28

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Active

BROOKES, James Alastair Bentley Russell→

director · ~46y · appointed 2018-12-31

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Active

BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-02-28

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Active

HYLAND, Matthew William Edward→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

FISHER, Jacqueline→

director · ~74y · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

HYLAND, Matthew William Edward→

director · ~57y · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

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