BIDFIELD FARM BARNS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04304290 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-15

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£758

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (8 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

7 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £758

Net assets shrinking

Down £16 YoY

Cash YoY

+39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£758

↓ 2.1% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£758	£774
Current assets	£3.6k	£4.0k
Cash	£3.5k	£2.5k
Debtors	£145	£1.5k
Net assets	£758	£774

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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2023-05-12
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2022-05-24
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2021-01-29
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2020-03-19
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2019-06-11
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2018-05-03
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2017-06-08
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2016-02-22
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2015-11-11
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2015-04-23
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2014-11-10
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2014-06-02
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2013-02-20
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VAN DER DAELE, Paul appointed
director
2013-02-20
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BIGGS, John resigned
director
2009-01-01
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SYSUM, Neil Roger appointed
secretary
2009-01-01
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GOODHIND, Peter Leonard resigned
secretary
2006-11-01
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WARNER, Emma Louise appointed
director
2006-11-01
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VINE LEAF HOMES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2006-02-16
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LANGRISH, Robert David appointed
director
2006-02-16
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WAKEFIELD, Peter John appointed
director
2006-02-15
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ENGSTROM, Hans Ivan resigned
director
2004-11-06
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SENIOR, John William appointed
director
2004-11-06
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BIGGS, John appointed
director
2004-11-06
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ENGSTROM, Hans Ivan appointed
director
2004-11-06
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VINE LEAF HOMES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-03-19
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GOODHIND, Peter Leonard appointed
director
2004-03-19
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REEVE, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2004-03-19
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GOODHIND, Peter Leonard appointed
secretary
2004-03-19
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DARBYS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-03-19
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DARBYS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-03-19
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DARBYS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-01-05
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DARBYS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2001-10-15
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Company incorporated
As BIDFIELD FARM BARNS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2001-10-15
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DARBYS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-10-15
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DARBYS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

7 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Peter Goodhind Individual · British · DOB 01/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
Robert David Langrish Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
Mr Andrew Paul Reeve Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
John Senior Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
Paul Van Der Daele Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
Peter John Wakefield Individual · South African · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016
Ms Emma Louise Warner Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/10/2016

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

Incorporated2001-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Clipping Barn

Bidfield

Nr Sheepscombe

Gloucestershire

GL6 7ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07