MEESE FARMING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03349710 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-10

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£934.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £934,268

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,626 YoY

Cash YoY

+67%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£43k

↑ 67% YoY

Net Worth

£934k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£184k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£935.0k	£940.3k
Current assets	£183.7k	£180.0k
Cash	£43.5k	£26.1k
Debtors	£100.3k	£91.0k
Net assets	£934.3k	£938.9k

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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2021-10-22
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2009-10-05
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CRADDOCK, David Frank resigned
director
2009-01-15
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CRADDOCK, Andrew Joseph appointed
director
1997-04-17
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CRADDOCK, Margaret Anne appointed
secretary
1997-04-17
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CRADDOCK, Margaret Anne appointed
director
1997-04-17
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1997-04-17
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CRADDOCK, David Frank appointed
director
1997-04-17
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1997-04-10
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Company incorporated
As MEESE FARMING LIMITED
1997-04-10
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-10
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Joseph Craddock Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1997-04-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Hill Farm House

Church Road Lilleshall

Newport

Shropshire

TF10 9HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CRADDOCK, Margaret Anne→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-17

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Active

CRADDOCK, Andrew Joseph→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-01-15

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Active

CRADDOCK, Margaret Anne→

director · ~85y · appointed 1997-04-17

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-17

Resigned

CRADDOCK, David Frank→

director · ~89y · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 2009-10-05

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-17

Resigned

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