OAKRIDGE FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05051391 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,148,021

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities
—
£0£230k£459k£689k£918k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.73M£1.46M
Current assets£1.10M—
Cash£81.4k—
Debtors£983.9k£607.2k
Net assets£1.15M£1.09M

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.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2022-01-05
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  6. 2021-04-01
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  7. 2021-02-15
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  8. 2021-02-15
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  9. 2021-02-15
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-15
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  11. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  12. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-12-23
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  14. 2019-01-31
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  15. 2017-12-22
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  16. 2016-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  17. 2016-01-13
    ➖
    MOTTERSHEAD, Stephen Trevor, Mr. resigned
    director
  18. 2004-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As OAKRIDGE FARM LIMITED
  19. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    MOTTERSHEAD, David Leigh appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    MOTTERSHEAD, David Leigh appointed
    director
  21. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    MOTTERSHEAD, Michael Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-02-20
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2004-02-20
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
    director
  26. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    MOTTERSHEAD, Stephen Trevor, Mr. appointed
    director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Robert Mottershead
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Leigh Mottershead
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

The Hill
The Down
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 6UB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MOTTERSHEAD, David Leigh→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-20
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Active
MOTTERSHEAD, David Leigh→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-02-20
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Active
MOTTERSHEAD, Michael Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2004-02-20
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2004-02-20
Resigned
MOTTERSHEAD, Stephen Trevor, Mr.→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2016-01-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/01/2016—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-15