GREENHILL FARMS (TWYCROSS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03453825 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-22
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£190.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
70 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £190,380
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,121 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£190k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£41k£83k£124k£165k£207kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£194.0k£210.1k
Current assets£48.8k£55.8k
Cash£46.0k£53.1k
Debtors£2.8k£2.7k
Net assets£190.4k£206.5k

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

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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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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-09-02
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  3. 2025-08-20
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  4. 2025-08-20
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  5. 2025-08-20
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  6. 2025-08-19
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  7. 2025-08-19
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  8. 2025-08-19
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  9. 2025-08-13
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    SMITH, Patricia Brenda appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-30
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  11. 2024-05-17
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  12. 2023-04-06
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  13. 2022-04-20
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  14. 2021-05-06
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  15. 2020-09-29
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  16. 2019-07-10
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  17. 2018-06-14
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  18. 1997-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As GREENHILL FARMS (TWYCROSS) LIMITED
  19. 1997-10-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Patricia Brenda appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-10-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Alan James appointed
    director
  21. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-10-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alan Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Brenda Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/08/2025

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
Incorporated1997-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Greenhill
Twycross Road
Sheepy Magna Atherstone
Warwickshire
CV9 3RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Patricia Brenda→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-22
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Active
SMITH, Alan James→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-10-22
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Active
SMITH, Patricia Brenda→
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-08-13
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-22 · resigned 1997-10-22
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-22 · resigned 1997-10-22
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-22 · resigned 1997-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-08-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13