F & R FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04008510 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-06
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 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300300

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-05-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2026-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-02-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-06-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-06-18
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-10-01
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    HUNTER, Georgia Marie appointed
    director
  13. 2023-10-01
    ➕
    HUNTER, Georgia Marie appointed
    director
  14. 2023-10-01
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    HUNTER, Georgia Marie resigned
    director
  15. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-08-31
    ➖
    SPOONER, Emma resigned
    director
  19. 2022-08-31
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    SPOONER, Robert resigned
    director
  20. 2022-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2016-04-01
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    HUNTER, Georgia Marie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    HUNTER, Ruth appointed
    director
  26. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    HUNTER, Ruth resigned
    secretary
  27. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    SPOONER, Emma appointed
    director
  28. 2012-01-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2009-12-10
    ➕
    SPOONER, Robert appointed
    director
  30. 2003-03-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  31. 2000-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As F & R FARMS LIMITED
  32. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    HUNTER, Frank Edward appointed
    director
  33. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 2000-06-06
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  35. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    HUNTER, Ruth appointed
    secretary
  36. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2000-06-06
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HUNTER, Georgia Marie (same surname) appointed 2023-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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
Mr Frank Edward Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control05/06/2017
Mrs Ruth Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

54a Main Street
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

HUNTER, Georgia Marie→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Frank Edward→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Georgia Marie→
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-10-01
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Active
HUNTER, Ruth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned
HUNTER, Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HUNTER, Georgia Marie→
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-10-01 · resigned 2023-10-01
Resigned
SPOONER, Emma→
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2022-08-31
Resigned
SPOONER, Robert→
director · ~39y · appointed 2009-12-10 · resigned 2022-08-31
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/03/200307/01/2012

Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-18
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15