NORTH LYNN LTD

🌳Matureactive

05565593 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-16

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

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

2 live charges · oldest 11.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.0 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	10	1000

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-07-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-22
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DAVIES, William James appointed
director
2025-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04
2024-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2015-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-09-16
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Company incorporated
As NORTH LYNN LTD
2005-09-16
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DAVIES, Gillian Rachel appointed
secretary
2005-09-16
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DAVIES, Brian Mark appointed
director
2005-09-16
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DAVIES, Brian appointed
director
2005-09-16
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DAVIES, Gillian Rachel appointed
director
2005-09-16
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DAVIES, Patricia Joan appointed
director

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

-5 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 93 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIES, William James (same surname) appointed 2026-06-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brian Mark Davies Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mrs Patricia Joan Davies Individual · British · DOB 08/1937 · age 89	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016
Gillian Rachel Davies Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016
Mr Brian Davies Individual · British · DOB 03/1933 · age 93	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2005-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

North Lynn Manor

Woodcote

Newport

Shropshire

TF10 9BB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16