C & K MORTON (FARMERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04497067 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-27
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£172.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £172,143

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£172k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£258k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£52k£103k£155k£207k£259kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£190.3k£161.8k
Current assets£257.9k£258.6k
Net assets£172.1k£147.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-12
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  3. 2024-08-12
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  4. 2024-08-09
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    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-06-28
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  8. 2023-06-30
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  9. 2022-06-10
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  10. 2021-09-30
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  11. 2020-09-02
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As C & K MORTON (FARMERS) LIMITED
  18. 2002-07-27
    ➕
    MORTON, Karen Elaine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-27
    ➕
    MORTON, Clifford appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-27
    ➕
    MORTON, Karen Elaine appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-27
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-27
    ➖
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-27
    ➕
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-07-27
    ➖
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MORTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Clifford Morton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016
Karen Elaine Morton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Karen Elaine Mortonceased 01/07/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Clifford Mortonceased 01/07/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2002-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

C/O Grineaux Accountants Limited 20 Market Hill
Southam
Warwickshire
CV47 0HF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORTON, Karen Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTON, Clifford→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTON, Karen Elaine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-27 · resigned 2002-07-27
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-27 · resigned 2002-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22