JESTER FARM SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04463240 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£-67.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
60 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £67,650
Cash draining
Cash down 99% YoY
Cash YoY
-99%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£305
↓ 99% YoY
Net Worth
-£68k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£68k-£37k-£6k£25k£56k£86kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£-61.2k£-48.0k
Current assets£11.7k£86.4k
Cash£305£24.3k
Debtors£6.4k£57.1k
Net assets£-67.7k£-54.4k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-31
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  4. 2022-07-31
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-06-30
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  8. 2018-03-31
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  9. 2017-07-04
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  10. 2017-06-26
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  11. 2017-03-31
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  12. 2016-06-22
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  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2015-06-29
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  17. 2002-06-24
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    RAWLINS, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-06-24
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    RAWLINS, Dane John appointed
    director
  19. 2002-06-20
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  20. 2002-06-20
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2002-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As JESTER FARM SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2002-06-18
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-18
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Dane John Rawlins
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Maureen Rawlins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2002-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Leonard House
5-7 Newman Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 1RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RAWLINS, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAWLINS, Dane John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-03-31
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2023-07-13
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2023-03-31
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2022-07-31
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2022-07-17
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2021-06-30
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2021-06-27
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2020-06-30
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2020-06-30
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2019-06-19
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2019-03-26
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