CARROLL`S HERITAGE POTATOES LIMITED

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05395750 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£25.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,039
Net assets shrinking
Down £148 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£25k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£19k£28k£38k£47kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£32.5k£37.1k
Current assets£37.7k£47.1k
Net assets£25.0k£25.2k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-20
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  3. 2023-08-24
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  4. 2022-12-09
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  5. 2021-11-15
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2020-07-15
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  8. 2019-07-10
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  9. 2018-09-12
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  10. 2017-11-20
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  11. 2016-12-09
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  12. 2016-02-11
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  13. 2016-02-11
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-11-17
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  15. 2015-02-24
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  16. 2010-10-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2008-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2008-07-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2006-01-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2005-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CARROLL`S HERITAGE POTATOES LIMITED
  21. 2005-03-17
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    CARROLL, Lucy Helen Maxwell appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-03-17
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    CARROLL, Lucy Helen Maxwell appointed
    director
  23. 2005-03-17
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    CARROLL, Thomas Anthony John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARROLL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lucy Helen Maxwell Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Thomas Anthony John Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

The Office
Tiptoe Farm
Cornhill-On-Tweed
Northumberland
TD12 4XD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CARROLL, Lucy Helen Maxwell→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-17
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Active
CARROLL, Lucy Helen Maxwell→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-03-17
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Active
CARROLL, Thomas Anthony John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-03-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property31/07/200821/10/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property19/01/200617/09/2008

Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10