ANNAKIN FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03383182 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-06

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

£3.75M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01470

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

16 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 23.2y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,745,464

Cash YoY

+183%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.6m

↑ 183% YoY

Net Worth

£3.7m

↑ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£3.7m

↑ 40% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.46M	£4.87M
Current assets	£3.71M	£2.65M
Cash	£1.58M	£557.3k
Debtors	£1.99M	£2.08M
Net assets	£3.75M	£2.92M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
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officers · CH01
2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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mortgage · MR01
2024-02-09
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Charge registered #16
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-08-16
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mortgage · MR01
2019-08-15
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2018-12-19
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accounts · AA
2018-11-07
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mortgage · MR01
2018-11-06
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-09-15
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Charge registered #13
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2015-09-15
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Charge registered #12
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2015-09-15
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2013-12-20
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-03-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-03-18
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2012-12-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2009-09-11
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-10-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-06-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2008-06-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2007-01-01
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ANNAKIN, Marlene Anne appointed
director
2006-01-12
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ANNAKIN, Rachel Jane resigned
director
2004-11-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-03-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Capital Bank PLC
2000-04-06
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ANNAKIN, Rachel Jane appointed
director
1999-06-01
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ANNAKIN, Marlene Anne resigned
director
1999-05-07
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ANNAKIN, James Robert appointed
director
1998-01-12
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ANNAKIN, Daniel William appointed
director
1997-06-06
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Company incorporated
As ANNAKIN FARMS LIMITED
1997-06-06
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ANNAKIN, Michael William appointed
secretary
1997-06-06
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ANNAKIN, Michael William appointed
director
1997-06-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-06
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ANNAKIN, Marlene Anne appointed
director
1997-06-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-06-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANNAKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 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

1 low

16 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Robert Annakin Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/07/2024
Mr Daneil William Annakin Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/07/2024
Mr Michael William Annakin Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated1997-06-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Top Farm, Stainfield

Market Rasen

Lincolnshire

LN8 5JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22