BIRDSALL FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03336971 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-02-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-02-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2021-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-03
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-01-04
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    BIRDSALL, Harry Cawthorne resigned
    director
  17. 2016-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2010-08-01
    ➕
    BIRDSALL, Charles Lawrence appointed
    director
  19. 2000-03-16
    ➕
    HALL, Susan appointed
    director
  20. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    BIRDSALL, Harry appointed
    director
  21. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    HALL, Susan appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-03-25
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    BIRDSALL, Harry Cawthorne appointed
    director
  24. 1997-03-25
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1997-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRDSALL FARMS LIMITED
  26. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIRDSALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Rfb Trustees Five Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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Rfb Trustees Six Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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BIRDSALL FARMS LIMITED
This company · 03336971

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rfb Trustees Five Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares · trust interest04/02/2026
Rfb Trustees Six Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares · trust interest04/02/2026
Mr Rodney Lawrence Cordingley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Harry Birdsall
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Anne Caswellceased 04/02/2026· 50-75% shares · trust interest

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Commonside Farm New Road
Old Snydale
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF7 6HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HALL, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRDSALL, Charles Lawrence→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRDSALL, Harry→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL, Susan→
director · ~81y · appointed 2000-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 1997-03-25
Resigned
BIRDSALL, Harry Cawthorne→
director · ~105y · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 2017-01-04
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 1997-03-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/10/2016—
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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20