BOWD FARMING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04550363 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-01
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 23.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
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
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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-302024-10-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-04
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  3. 2024-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-10
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  5. 2023-07-19
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    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-03-03
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  7. 2021-06-24
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  8. 2020-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2019-04-26
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  12. 2018-10-10
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  13. 2018-10-09
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  14. 2018-10-09
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  15. 2018-10-09
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    officers · CH03
  16. 2018-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Alfandari Private Equities Limited
  19. 2011-09-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2011-08-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2002-12-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2002-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BOWD FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    BOWD, Dean Anthony appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-10-01
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    BOWD, Dean Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    BOWD, Debbie appointed
    director
  26. 2002-10-01
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-01
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-10-01
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-10-01
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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 "BOWD" — 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
Mr Dean Anthony Bowd
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2016
Mrs Debbie Bowd
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

1 - 4 London Road
Spalding
Lincs
PE11 2TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-30
Last made up to: 2025-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOWD, Dean Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
BOWD, Dean Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
BOWD, Debbie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—26/04/2019—
outstanding
Alfandari Private Equities
Alfandari Private Equities Limited
A registered charge7 properties20/01/2017—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/08/2011—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property16/12/200230/09/2011
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-11