BIRCHLANDS LIVERY YARD LTD

🌳Matureactive

04779281 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-28

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 May 2025

Net worth

£57.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £56,984

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£57k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↑ 58% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£57.0k	£49.2k
Current assets	£40.0k	£25.3k
Net assets	£57.0k	£49.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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2024-02-28
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2023-02-27
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2022-02-16
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2021-02-27
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2020-02-10
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2019-02-28
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2018-02-22
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accounts · AA
2017-07-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-07
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2016-06-22
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-12
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2015-06-24
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2015-02-18
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2009-07-23
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MALTBY, Michael John Richard resigned
secretary
2003-06-02
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DOVEY, Anita Jane appointed
director
2003-06-02
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DOVEY, Peter Roy appointed
director
2003-06-02
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MALTBY, Michael John Richard appointed
secretary
2003-06-02
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-06-02
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-05-28
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Company incorporated
As BIRCHLANDS LIVERY YARD LTD
2003-05-28
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2003-05-28
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Anita Jane Dovey Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	28/05/2017

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

Incorporated2003-05-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

71 The Hundred

Romsey

Hampshire

SO51 8BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-11

Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DOVEY, Anita Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-06-02

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Active

DOVEY, Peter Roy→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-06-02

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Active

MALTBY, Michael John Richard→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-02 · resigned 2009-07-23

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-06-02

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-06-02

Resigned

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