WARENTON FARM BUILDINGS (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05074638 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-16

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£19.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

19 officers (8 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,406

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£19.4k	£17.3k
Current assets	£19.4k	£17.3k
Net assets	£19.4k	£17.3k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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2025-09-29
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2024-05-01
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accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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HOLMES, Robert Edward appointed
director
2023-03-01
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WHITE, John Richard appointed
director
2023-03-01
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DUNCAN, Christopher John resigned
director
2023-03-01
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HOWARD, Paul James, Mr resigned
director
2023-03-01
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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officers · TM01
2023-03-01
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officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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2022-05-09
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2020-12-19
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2019-11-20
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officers · AP01
2019-11-19
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accounts · AA
2019-11-06
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MOORE, Stuart John appointed
director
2019-06-25
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officers · CH01
2019-03-05
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accounts · AA01
2018-11-11
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accounts · AA
2016-10-15
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HUME, Jacqueline appointed
director
2016-10-15
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VANSON, Christine resigned
director
2015-03-06
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BAKER-CRESSWELL, Ralph Robert appointed
director
2014-11-05
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VANSON, Christine appointed
director
2014-10-10
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WATSON, John Stuart appointed
director
2013-12-10
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EMERY, Pamela resigned
director
2013-10-26
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DUNCAN, Christopher John appointed
director
2013-10-26
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HOWARD, Paul James, Mr appointed
director
2011-04-07
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CLARK, Stephen Mclean resigned
director
2011-03-05
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EMERY, Pamela appointed
director
2010-10-25
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FOGGIN, William Gordon resigned
secretary
2010-01-10
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CLARK, Stephen Mclean appointed
director
2008-09-30
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BAKER CRESSWELL, Celia resigned
secretary
2008-09-30
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FOGGIN, William Gordon appointed
secretary
2008-09-30
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BAKER CRESSWELL, Ralph Robert resigned
director
2008-09-01
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MITCHELL, Michael James appointed
director
2008-08-06
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GLASS, Valerie resigned
director
2008-04-23
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ALGAR, Christiane Jane, Dr appointed
director
2008-04-23
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GLASS, Valerie appointed
director
2004-03-16
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Company incorporated
As WARENTON FARM BUILDINGS (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED
2004-03-16
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BAKER CRESSWELL, Celia appointed
secretary
2004-03-16
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-16
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-16
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BAKER CRESSWELL, Ralph Robert appointed
director
2004-03-16
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-16
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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SCOTTISH EASTERN AIRCRAFT SERVICES LIMITED→ SC016529 · est 1931	£2 £2–£2	—	£2	—	94y	80	70y
AINSCOUGH FARM COMPANY→ 03504170 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	80	68y
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

TD15 1DJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10