FERTILE FIBRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05138659 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-26
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 8.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 8.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-30
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    DENT, Robyn Mary resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-12-30
    ➕
    DENT, Samuel William Jonathan appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-30
    ➕
    DENT, Thomas George Daniel appointed
    director
  12. 2021-12-30
    ➕
    DENT, Robyn Mary appointed
    director
  13. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2017-12-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2017-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-05-26
    ➖
    DENT, Elizabeth Ann resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As FERTILE FIBRE LIMITED
  23. 2004-05-26
    ➕
    DENT, Matthew William Daniel appointed
    director
  24. 2004-05-26
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-05-26
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-05-26
    ➕
    DENT, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-05-26
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2004-05-26
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DENT, Samuel William Jonathan (same surname) appointed 2021-12-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew William Daniel Dent
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2004-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Withington Court
Withington
Herefordshire
HR1 3RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DENT, Matthew William Daniel→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-05-26
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Active
DENT, Samuel William Jonathan→
director · ~26y · appointed 2021-12-30
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Active
DENT, Thomas George Daniel→
director · ~23y · appointed 2021-12-30
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Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-26 · resigned 2004-05-26
Resigned
DENT, Elizabeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-26 · resigned 2015-05-26
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-05-26 · resigned 2004-05-26
Resigned
DENT, Robyn Mary→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-12-30 · resigned 2024-05-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/12/2017—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26