BROMFIELD FARMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05677050 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-16
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 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 5.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-09-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-09-17✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2020-09-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-03-06➖ARMSTRONG, John resigneddirector
- 2019-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs BROMFIELD FARMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 2006-01-16➕ARMSTRONG, Harold William appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-16➕ARMSTRONG, Andrew Stephen appointeddirector
- 2006-01-16➕ARMSTRONG, David Richard appointeddirector
- 2006-01-16➕ARMSTRONG, Harold William appointeddirector
- 2006-01-16➕ARMSTRONG, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Bromfield Farms Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bromfield Farms Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BROMFIELD FARMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 05677050
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bromfield Farms Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/03/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Armstrongceased 06/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Harold William Armstrongceased 06/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| BIGGART FORESTRY SERVICES LTD→ 13482521 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Bromfield Hall, Bromfield
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 3NB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
ARMSTRONG, Harold William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-01-16
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ARMSTRONG, Andrew Stephen→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2006-01-16
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ARMSTRONG, David Richard→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2006-01-16
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ARMSTRONG, Harold William→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2006-01-16
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ARMSTRONG, John→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2020-03-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 27/08/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-09-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-24