HARVEYS JERSEY CREAM LIMITED

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04226712 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-01
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
£4.94M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,942,091
Very low cash
Cash position: £72
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£4.9m
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£72
↓ 81% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£988k£2.0m£3.0m£4.0m£4.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.96M£4.56M
Current assets£72£377
Cash£72£377
Net assets£4.94M£4.56M

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
0
filings
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. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-10-17
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2022-01-04
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  6. 2022-01-02
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  7. 2021-03-17
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  8. 2019-12-30
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  9. 2019-12-19
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  10. 2018-12-06
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  11. 2018-01-15
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  12. 2017-12-20
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  13. 2016-12-14
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  14. 2016-07-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-02
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  16. 2001-06-19
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    HARVEY, Leonard Randall appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, James Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Leonard Randall appointed
    director
  19. 2001-06-19
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-06-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2001-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As HARVEYS JERSEY CREAM LIMITED
  22. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARVEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — 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 92 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Wendy Elizabeth Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Robert Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2001-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Langage Farm
Higher Challonsleigh
Smithaleigh Plymouth
PL7 5AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HARVEY, Leonard Randall→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY, James Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-06-19
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Active
HARVEY, Leonard Randall→
director · ~92y · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-19
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
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accounts · AA
2025-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-12-30