FELDON HERBS LTD
🌳Matureactive
05081342 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-23
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 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 17.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-24📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-06📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-11-06📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-11-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-05➕WIGGIN, Edward James appointeddirector
- 2021-07-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2008-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2008-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2004-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs FELDON HERBS LTD
- 2004-03-23➕WIGGIN, Andrea Joan appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-23➕WIGGIN, Andrea Joan appointeddirector
- 2004-03-23➕WIGGIN, Richard Frederick appointeddirector
- 2004-03-23➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-03-23➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 candidateStrong 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.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Andrea Joan Wiggin Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/12/2020 |
Mr Edward James Wiggin Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/12/2020 |
Mr Richard Frederick Wiggin Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/12/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9SA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
WIGGIN, Andrea Joan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-03-23
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WIGGIN, Andrea Joan→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2004-03-23
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WIGGIN, Edward James→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2021-07-05
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WIGGIN, Richard Frederick→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2004-03-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-23 · resigned 2004-03-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/10/2008 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/09/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-23
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-11-06
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-11-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-18