BARRINGTON FARM MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03317010 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-12
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
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01629SIC 01629
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,392,139
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,511 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 59% YoY
Cash YoY
-59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98k
↓ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£708k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£282k£565k£847k£1.1m£1.4mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.56M£1.54M
Current assets£708.4k£713.9k
Cash£97.7k£241.1k
Debtors£592.5k£461.3k
Net assets£1.39M£1.41M

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
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  8. 2018-06-28
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  9. 2018-03-05
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  10. 2017-07-03
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  12. 2017-06-30
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  13. 2016-06-27
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  16. 2013-07-01
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    WINGFIELD, Richard Mervyn Rhys appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-07-01
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    COMAT REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 1997-04-02
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    WINGFIELD, Richard Mervyn Rhys appointed
    director
  19. 1997-04-02
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    COMAT REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1997-04-02
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-04-02
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    SAGGERS, Michael Terry resigned
    director
  22. 1997-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BARRINGTON FARM MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED
  23. 1997-02-12
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-02-12
    ➕
    SAGGERS, Michael Terry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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
Mr Charles Hutton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest05/04/2017
Mr Reginald Phillip Heyworth
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest05/04/2017

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
Incorporated1997-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

The Estate Office Barrington Park
Great Barrington
Burford
Oxfordshire
OX18 4TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WINGFIELD, Richard Mervyn Rhys→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINGFIELD, Richard Mervyn Rhys→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMAT REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 2013-07-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-12 · resigned 1997-04-02
Resigned
SAGGERS, Michael Terry→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-02-12 · resigned 1997-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

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2023-05-25
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2022-02-21
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2021-06-29
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2021-02-17
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2020-06-18
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2020-02-24
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2019-06-24
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