HARTER LAND LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05713412 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£289.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.0y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £289,270
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£289k
Current Assets
£70k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £289.3k | — |
| Current assets | £69.6k | — |
| Net assets | £289.3k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-09-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-08-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Social Money Limited
- 2024-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-02-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2006-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs HARTER LAND LIMITED
- 2006-02-17➕HARTER, David Richard appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-17➕HARTER, John Stephen appointeddirector
- 2006-02-17➕JPCORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-17➖JPCORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-17➕JPCORD LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-02-17➖JPCORD LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Anna Harter Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest | 20/05/2023 |
Mr John Stephen Harter Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEAVENLY TREES LTD→ 12051699 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| HER LAND LTD→ 15619169 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| HFLOGS LTD→ 10966335 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| HILL FARM (MARSTON) LIMITED→ 07324843 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| HILL GROVE FAMILY FARM LIMITED→ 00946578 · est 1969 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 57y | — | — |
| HJL FORESTRY LIMITED→ 15076556 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| HOPE'S MICRO FARMING LTD→ 14970492 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| INSTANT TIMBER LIMITED→ 03543416 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| J & J LEACH FIREWOOD LIMITED→ 16014779 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| J & R FARMING LTD→ 12553057 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| J A FEED SERVICES LIMITED→ 12736256 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| J AND A AGRICULTURE LTD→ 14821965 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Tawny Cottage
Lower End
Alvescot
Oxon
OX18 2QA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last: 2026-05-16
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
HARTER, David Richard→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARTER, John Stephen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-02-17
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JPCORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-17 · resigned 2006-02-17
JPCORD LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-17 · resigned 2006-02-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Social Money Social Money Limited | A registered charge | — | 12/08/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-14