HAILEY COMMUNITY WOODLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04570254 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-10-23

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£55.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

25 officers (10 active, 25 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £55,461

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£55k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£55.5k	£55.1k
Current assets	£31.6k	£30.6k
Net assets	£55.5k	£55.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
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DREW, Michael resigned
director
2025-11-28
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HOCKEN, Michael Graham resigned
director
2025-10-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-25
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BARFOOT, Melvyn resigned
director
2024-09-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
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WARWICK, Amanda Jane appointed
director
2023-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-07
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MARCHANT, Richard John resigned
director
2021-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-18
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CLIFFORD, Julia Anne resigned
director
2019-11-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-31
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SLADE, Ruth Margaret resigned
secretary
2019-10-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-07-01
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ALLINGTON, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2019-07-01
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ALLINGTON, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-04-29
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BARFOOT, Melvyn appointed
director
2019-01-21
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AMY, Samantha appointed
director
2018-10-29
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MCCONVILLE, Karl resigned
director
2018-10-18
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LEWIS, Jeremy Wynn resigned
director
2017-06-08
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BONE, Edwin George, Dr appointed
director
2017-06-08
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LENEHAN, John William resigned
director
2016-10-31
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MUSSON, David Scott Tullis appointed
director
2016-07-11
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AYERS, Susan Evelyn appointed
director
2016-07-11
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WELLER, Christopher Robert appointed
director
2016-07-11
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CLIFFORD, Julia Anne appointed
director
2016-07-11
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HOCKEN, Michael Graham appointed
director
2016-07-11
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MARCHANT, Richard John appointed
director
2013-10-11
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LEWIS, Jeremy Wynn resigned
secretary
2013-10-11
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SLADE, Ruth Margaret appointed
secretary
2012-07-04
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WOOD, Judith Ann resigned
director
2011-07-09
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BAILEY, Herbert Alan resigned
director
2011-07-09
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JENKINS, David resigned
director
2011-07-09
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MUSSON, Clare resigned
director
2010-08-01
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MCCONVILLE, Karl appointed
director
2007-05-02
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DREW, Michael appointed
director
2007-05-02
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JENKINS, David appointed
director
2005-01-11
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GOURLAY, Ian appointed
director
2003-08-27
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MUSSON, Clare appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DREW, Michael resigned 2025-11-28; HOCKEN, Michael Graham resigned 2025-11-28

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2002-10-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

5 Wood Lane

Hailey

Witney

OX29 9XB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-21

Last: 2026-07-07