CRACKMOOR FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05348764 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-01

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.25M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01410

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,248,466

Cash YoY

-20%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£268k

↓ 20% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 7.4% YoY

Current Assets

£854k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.31M	£1.19M
Current assets	£853.9k	£855.6k
Cash	£268.0k	£334.7k
Debtors	£539.4k	£474.6k
Net assets	£1.25M	£1.16M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-02-04
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KELLAWAY, Jennifer Teresa appointed
secretary
2005-02-04
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KELLAWAY, Gregory appointed
director
2005-02-04
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KELLAWAY, Jennifer Teresa appointed
director
2005-02-01
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Company incorporated
As CRACKMOOR FARM LIMITED
2005-02-01
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-01
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-01
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QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-02-01
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QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+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 64. 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 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 Gregory Kellaway Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/02/2017
Mrs Jennifer Teresa Kellaway Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/02/2017

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

Incorporated2005-02-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Manchester House High Street

Stalbridge

Sturminster Newton

Dorset

DT10 2LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KELLAWAY, Jennifer Teresa→

secretary · appointed 2005-02-04

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Active

KELLAWAY, Gregory→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-02-04

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Active

KELLAWAY, Jennifer Teresa→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-02-04

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Active

QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2005-02-01

Resigned

QA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2005-02-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	04/08/2009	—

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