CHEVELEY PARK FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04767619 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-16

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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not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01130SIC 01130

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-08-22
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2024-08-24
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2023-08-23
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2022-08-22
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2021-10-14
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accounts · AA
2021-01-08
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officers · TM01
2020-12-29
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THOMPSON, David Brian resigned
director
2020-10-05
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accounts · AA
2020-01-09
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2019-11-18
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THOMPSON, Richard Charles appointed
director
2019-11-18
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officers · AP01
2019-09-06
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2019-07-19
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officers · RP04AP01
2019-01-02
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capital · SH01
2018-08-02
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accounts · AA01
2018-06-15
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officers · AP01
2018-06-15
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officers · AP01
2018-06-03
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DANT, Christopher James appointed
director
2018-06-03
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MUMFORD, Steven Michael appointed
director
2018-06-03
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RICHARDSON, Christopher James appointed
director
2018-05-25
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2013-07-01
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COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
director
2003-08-12
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DANT, Christopher James appointed
secretary
2003-08-12
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THOMPSON, Patricia appointed
director
2003-08-12
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HENDERSON, Martin Robert resigned
secretary
2003-08-12
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ALLY, Bibi Rahima resigned
nominee-director
2003-08-12
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THOMPSON, David Brian appointed
director
2003-05-16
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Company incorporated
As CHEVELEY PARK FARMS LIMITED
2003-05-16
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HENDERSON, Martin Robert appointed
secretary
2003-05-16
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ALLY, Bibi Rahima appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Cheveley Farms (No.2) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cheveley Farms (No.2) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CHEVELEY PARK FARMS LIMITED

This company · 04767619

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cheveley Farms (No.2) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-05-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Cheveley Park Stud

Duchess Drive

Newmarket

Suffolk

CB8 9DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last: 2026-05-16