GP & R HARPER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04646397 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-23
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£334.0k
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £334,044

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£334k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£415k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£86k£172k£257k£343k£429kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£334.0k£295.9k
Current assets£415.2k£428.8k
Net assets£334.0k£295.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-02-20
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    HARPER, Angharad appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-12-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-02
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-11-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-10-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-03-18
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    HARPER, Gordon Patchett resigned
    director
  15. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As GP & R HARPER LIMITED
  20. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    HARPER, Phyllis Barbara appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    HARPER, Phyllis Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    HARPER, Richard Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-23
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    HARPER, Gordon Patchett appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-01-23
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARPER" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HARPER, Angharad (same surname) appointed 2025-02-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 90 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

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 Richard Charles Harper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Phyllis Barbara Harper
Individual · British · DOB 08/1936 · age 90
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gordon Patchett Harperceased 18/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Holmfield
Main Street, Broomfleet
Brough
East Yorkshire
HU15 1RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HARPER, Phyllis Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Angharad→
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Phyllis Barbara→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Richard Charles→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned
HARPER, Gordon Patchett→
director · ~93y · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2020-03-18
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02