DUNSTANBURGH FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03310697 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
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
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-12-24
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  3. 2023-11-10
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  4. 2023-01-20
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  5. 2023-01-18
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  6. 2023-01-17
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  7. 2023-01-17
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  10. 2023-01-17
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  11. 2022-10-13
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  12. 2021-09-23
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  13. 2021-07-13
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  14. 2020-08-25
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  15. 2020-02-06
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  16. 2020-02-06
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  17. 2020-02-06
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  18. 2020-02-06
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  19. 2020-01-04
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    SUTHERLAND, Jonathan Ben appointed
    secretary
  20. 2020-01-04
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    SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann resigned
    secretary
  21. 2020-01-04
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    SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann resigned
    director
  22. 2012-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2009-01-31
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    SUTHERLAND, Owen resigned
    director
  24. 2001-03-01
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    BARING, Victoria Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2001-03-01
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    SUTHERLAND, Jonathan Ben appointed
    director
  26. 1997-03-21
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    SPROULE, Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  27. 1997-03-21
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    NUNN, Andrew James resigned
    director
  28. 1997-03-20
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    SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  30. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Owen appointed
    director
  31. 1997-03-14
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    SPROULE, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  32. 1997-03-14
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1997-03-14
    ➕
    NUNN, Andrew James appointed
    director
  34. 1997-03-14
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1997-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNSTANBURGH FARM LIMITED
  36. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Victoria Jane Baring
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Jonathan Ben Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Margaret Ann Sutherlandceased 04/01/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Newton House
Newton-By-The-Sea
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 3ED
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Jonathan Ben→
secretary · appointed 2020-01-04
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Active
BARING, Victoria Jane→
director · ~52y · appointed 2001-03-01
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Jonathan Ben→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPROULE, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-14 · resigned 1997-03-21
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-03-14
Resigned
NUNN, Andrew James→
director · ~55y · appointed 1997-03-14 · resigned 1997-03-21
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Margaret Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Owen→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 2009-01-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-03-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property16/11/2012—
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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13