FARMERS' PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET (HAILSHAM) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03764461 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-04-29
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
28 officers (5 active, 28 linked, 24 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,834

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£475£950£1k£2k£2kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.2k£1.7k
Current assets£2.4k£2.1k
Cash—£2.1k
Net assets£1.8k£1.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-08
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    NONIN, Dael appointed
    director
  6. 2022-06-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-07-14
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    ATKINSON, Carol resigned
    director
  12. 2020-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-03-18
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    WELLER, Jill Marion appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2018-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-02-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-02-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2017-05-30
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    LOVE, Graham David resigned
    director
  21. 2017-05-30
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    SIMES, Janet resigned
    director
  22. 2017-05-30
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    TURTON, David Kershaw resigned
    director
  23. 2017-05-30
    ➖
    TURTON, Erica Ellen resigned
    director
  24. 2017-05-30
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    VINE, Michael Richard resigned
    director
  25. 2017-03-31
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    FOLKARD, Beatrix Miriam resigned
    director
  26. 2017-03-31
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    FOLKARD, Dudley Thomas resigned
    director
  27. 2017-03-14
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    ATKINSON, Carol appointed
    director
  28. 2009-03-17
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    EALES, Anthony Richard resigned
    director
  29. 2009-03-17
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    HONEYSETT, David Douglas John resigned
    director
  30. 2009-03-17
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    KEEBLE, Gordon Alfred resigned
    director
  31. 2009-03-17
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    PADFIELD, Richard John resigned
    director
  32. 2009-03-14
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    TURTON, Erica Ellen appointed
    director
  33. 2008-03-11
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    FOLKARD, Beatrix Miriam appointed
    director
  34. 2008-03-11
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    FOLKARD, Dudley Thomas appointed
    director
  35. 2007-03-13
    ➕
    SIMES, Janet appointed
    director
  36. 2004-03-16
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    WALLACE, Simon Paul appointed
    director
  37. 2004-03-16
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    ASHDOWN, Marian Joy resigned
    director
  38. 2004-03-16
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    BOOKHAM, Robert Patrick resigned
    director
  39. 2004-03-16
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    FITZWILLIAM, Adrienne resigned
    director
  40. 2003-03-13
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    EALES, Anthony Richard appointed
    director
  41. 2003-03-11
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    FITZWILLIAM, Adrienne appointed
    director
  42. 2003-03-11
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    HUTCHISON, Michael resigned
    director
  43. 2003-03-11
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    KEELEY, Laurence Victor resigned
    director
  44. 2003-03-11
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    PADFIELD, Richard John appointed
    director
  45. 2003-03-11
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    TURTON, David Kershaw appointed
    director
  46. 2002-02-26
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    HONEYSETT, David Douglas John appointed
    director
  47. 2001-02-03
    ➖
    SMITH, Jean resigned
    director
  48. 2000-02-01
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    HANBURY, Robin John Ronald resigned
    director
  49. 2000-02-01
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    VINE, Michael Richard appointed
    director
  50. 2000-02-01
    ➖
    WALKER, David Edward resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 68 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1999-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

120 Cavendish Place
Eastbourne
BN21 3TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (5 active · 23 resigned)

WHITE, David George→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-29
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Active
NONIN, Dael→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-06-08
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Active
PRATT, Benjamin→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-04-29
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Active
WALLACE, Simon Paul→
director · ~50y · appointed 2004-03-16
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Active
WELLER, Jill Marion→
director · ~79y · appointed 2019-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 1999-04-29
Resigned
ASHDOWN, Marian Joy→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
ATKINSON, Carol→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-03-14 · resigned 2020-07-14
Resigned
BOOKHAM, Robert Patrick→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
EALES, Anthony Richard→
director · ~99y · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned
FITZWILLIAM, Adrienne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
FOLKARD, Beatrix Miriam→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-03-11 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
FOLKARD, Dudley Thomas→
director · ~90y · appointed 2008-03-11 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
HANBURY, Robin John Ronald→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2000-02-01
Resigned
HONEYSETT, David Douglas John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned
HUTCHISON, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2003-03-11
Resigned
KEEBLE, Gordon Alfred→
director · ~101y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned
KEELEY, Laurence Victor→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2003-03-11
Resigned
LOVE, Graham David→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 2017-05-30
Resigned
PADFIELD, Richard John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-16