CAUSEY PARK FARMS LTD

🌳Matureactive

05305170 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-06

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01420SIC 01420
01450SIC 01450

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 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

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	700	700

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-06-20
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2024-07-09
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2023-05-23
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2022-05-18
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2021-04-22
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accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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2019-05-31
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accounts · AA
2018-05-15
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accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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officers · CH01
2017-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-18
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-14
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accounts · AA
2014-12-12
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-12
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officers · TM01
2014-06-18
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DRAINER, Caroline Jane appointed
director
2014-06-18
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HOGG, Diana resigned
director
2004-12-09
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HOGG, Christine Ann appointed
secretary
2004-12-09
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HOGG, Christine Ann appointed
director
2004-12-09
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HOGG, John Stephen appointed
director
2004-12-09
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HOGG, Peter Maxwell appointed
director
2004-12-09
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HOGG, Diana appointed
director
2004-12-08
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-12-08
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2004-12-06
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Company incorporated
As CAUSEY PARK FARMS LTD
2004-12-06
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-12-06
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Maxwell Hogg Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2016
Mr John Stephen Hogg Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2004-12-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Causey Park Farm

Morpeth

Nurthumberland

NE61 3EP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-12

Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

HOGG, Christine Ann→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-09

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Active

DRAINER, Caroline Jane→

director · ~47y · appointed 2014-06-18

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Active

HOGG, Christine Ann→

director · ~73y · appointed 2004-12-09

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Active

HOGG, John Stephen→

director · ~79y · appointed 2004-12-09

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Active

HOGG, Peter Maxwell→

director · ~75y · appointed 2004-12-09

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-06 · resigned 2004-12-08

Resigned

HOGG, Diana→

director · ~79y · appointed 2004-12-09 · resigned 2014-06-18

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-06 · resigned 2004-12-08

Resigned

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