HAREWOOD END GROWERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03727416 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£216.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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 £216,417
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,924 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£216k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£48k£97k£145k£194k£242kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£216.4k£243.5k
Current assets£168.3k£172.3k
Net assets£216.4k£242.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-03
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-25
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    SNELL, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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  8. 2021-01-26
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  9. 2019-11-27
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2018-04-04
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2017-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-12
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  16. 2015-04-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1999-03-31
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    SNELL, Nicola Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-03-31
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    SNELL, Michael John appointed
    director
  19. 1999-03-31
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1999-03-31
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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  21. 1999-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As HAREWOOD END GROWERS LIMITED
  22. 1999-03-05
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-03-05
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Jane Snell
Individual · English · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

The Hergest
Kingsthorn
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR2 8BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SNELL, Nicola Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-31
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Active
SNELL, Michael John→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-03-31
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Active
SNELL, Nicola Jane→
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-03-25
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-05 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-05 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
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accounts · AA
2025-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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officers · AP01
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-27