BRANDON HALL FARM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04912002 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-09-25
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  3. 2025-09-25
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  4. 2025-05-08
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-18
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  8. 2022-05-26
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  9. 2021-06-29
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  10. 2020-05-14
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  11. 2019-06-28
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  12. 2018-06-27
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  13. 2017-06-28
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  14. 2016-06-30
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  15. 2015-09-30
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  16. 2015-08-07
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    LEVETT-SCRIVENER, Veronica Juliet resigned
    director
  17. 2003-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BRANDON HALL FARM LIMITED
  18. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    DE LOTBINIERE, Giles Antony Joly appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-09-25
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    DE LOTBINIERE, Giles Antony Joly appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-25
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-09-25
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    LEVETT-SCRIVENER, Veronica Juliet appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Giles Antony Joly De Lotbiniere
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Norfolk House
High Street
Brandon
Suffolk
IP27 0AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DE LOTBINIERE, Giles Antony Joly→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE LOTBINIERE, Giles Antony Joly→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-25 · resigned 2003-09-25
Resigned
LEVETT-SCRIVENER, Veronica Juliet→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-09-25 · resigned 2015-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
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accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06