BLACKLER BARTON (FARMS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05187585 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-22

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 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 8.5y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	800	800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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accounts · AA
2025-07-15
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address · AD01
2025-03-13
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accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
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accounts · AA
2020-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-16
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accounts · AA
2017-12-06
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mortgage · MR01
2017-11-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Alfandari Private Equities Limited
2017-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-11-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-04-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-12-31
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HAYLLOR, Julia resigned
director
2012-09-02
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HAYLLOR, Donald resigned
director
2012-07-31
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HAYLLOR, Stewart appointed
director
2005-12-10
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HAYLLOR, Andrew appointed
secretary
2005-12-10
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HAYLLOR, Stewart resigned
secretary
2005-12-10
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HAYLLOR, Stewart resigned
director
2004-08-17
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HAYLLOR, Andrew appointed
director
2004-08-17
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HAYLLOR, Stewart appointed
secretary
2004-08-17
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-17
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HAYLLOR, Donald appointed
director
2004-08-17
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HAYLLOR, Julia appointed
director
2004-08-17
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HAYLLOR, Stewart appointed
director
2004-08-17
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-07-22
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Company incorporated
As BLACKLER BARTON (FARMS) LIMITED
2004-07-22
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-07-22
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Hayllor Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2004-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Gullaford Farm Landscove

Ashburton

Newton Abbot

TQ13 7NQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HAYLLOR, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2005-12-10

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Active

HAYLLOR, Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-17

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Active

HAYLLOR, Stewart→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-07-31

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Active

HAYLLOR, Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2005-12-10

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2004-08-17

Resigned

HAYLLOR, Donald→

director · ~95y · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2012-09-02

Resigned

HAYLLOR, Julia→

director · ~92y · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2012-12-31

Resigned

HAYLLOR, Stewart→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2005-12-10

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2004-08-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Alfandari Private Equities Alfandari Private Equities Limited	A registered charge	7 properties	28/11/2017	—

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-02-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-02-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-08-01