AMBER FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03452483 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-20
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 27.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 27.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-01-02➖WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle resignedsecretary
- 2024-01-02➖WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle resigneddirector
- 2023-07-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-01➕WELBY-EVERARD, Christopher Nicholas Earle appointeddirector
- 2023-07-01➕WELBY-EVERARD, Peter George Earle, Dr appointeddirector
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2012-12-29➕ARROWSMITH, Patricia Christabel, Dr appointeddirector
- 1998-10-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Jennifer Freances Welby-Everard
- 1997-11-24➕WELBY EVERARD, Jennifer Frances appointeddirector
- 1997-11-24➕WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle appointedsecretary
- 1997-11-24➖SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-11-24➕WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle appointeddirector
- 1997-11-24➖SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-10-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBER FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
- 1997-10-20➕SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-10-20➕SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jennifer Frances Welby-Everard Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Rodney Earle Welby-Everardceased 02/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Lumaneri House Blythe Gate
Blythe Valley Park
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 8AH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
ARROWSMITH, Patricia Christabel, Dr→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2012-12-29
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WELBY EVERARD, Jennifer Frances→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 1997-11-24
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WELBY-EVERARD, Christopher Nicholas Earle→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-07-01
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WELBY-EVERARD, Peter George Earle, Dr→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-07-01
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WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-11-24 · resigned 2024-01-02
SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-20 · resigned 1997-11-24
WELBY EVERARD, Peter Rodney Earle→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 1997-11-24 · resigned 2024-01-02
SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-20 · resigned 1997-11-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Jennifer Freances Welby-Everard / Peter Rodney Earle Welby-Everard | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/10/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (80 total)
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
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confirmation-statement-with-updates
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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2023-10-10
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2023-07-03
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2023-07-03
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2022-10-07
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2021-10-15