FARMFRESH FILLINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04239336 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£12.49M
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.7y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,506,725

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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Turnover£12.49M—
Gross profit£4.45M—
Operating profit£1.50M—
Profit before tax£1.51M—
Average employees56005300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-06-10
    ➕
    WALTERS, Jonathan Wyn appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-05-17
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, James Nigel Owen appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-10-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Richard John appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-01-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-01-09
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2019-01-09
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2018-12-21
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    CURTIS, Gareth George resigned
    director
  19. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-10-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    CURTIS, Gareth George appointed
    director
  23. 2008-11-01
    ➖
    JONES, Helen resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-06-17
    ➖
    MCCARRON, Anthony resigned
    director
  25. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    MCCARRON, Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2003-10-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 2001-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As FARMFRESH FILLINGS LIMITED
  28. 2001-06-22
    ➕
    JONES, David Brian appointed
    director
  29. 2001-06-22
    ➕
    JONES, Helen appointed
    secretary
  30. 2001-06-22
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-06-22
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2001-06-22
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2001-06-22
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Brian Jones
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/01/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Unit G
Cross Hands Food Park
Cross Hands
Carmarthenshire
SA14 6RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DAVIES, Richard John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, David Brian→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALTERS, Jonathan Wyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, James Nigel Owen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-22 · resigned 2008-11-01
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-22 · resigned 2001-06-22
Resigned
CURTIS, Gareth George→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2018-12-21
Resigned
MCCARRON, Anthony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2005-06-17
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-22 · resigned 2001-06-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/10/2014—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/10/2003—
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Recent filings (71 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-11