WATERLOO FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05870534 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-10

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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2025-03-22
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2024-03-21
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2023-03-22
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2022-03-22
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2021-03-26
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2020-03-04
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2019-02-23
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2018-03-25
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2017-05-31
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officers · AP01
2017-05-20
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BRAY, Geoffrey appointed
director
2017-03-26
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BENWELL, Nicholas John resigned
director
2017-03-26
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accounts · AA
2017-03-26
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officers · TM01
2016-03-26
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accounts · AA
2015-07-11
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2013-05-08
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HASTIE, Amanda Jane resigned
secretary
2010-04-25
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RICHARDSON, John Clifford appointed
director
2010-04-25
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ARNOLD, Joan resigned
secretary
2010-04-25
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HASTIE, Amanda Jane appointed
secretary
2010-04-25
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ARNOLD, Steven Howard resigned
director
2010-04-25
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BENWELL, Nicholas John appointed
director
2006-07-10
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Company incorporated
As WATERLOO FARM LIMITED
2006-07-10
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ARNOLD, Joan appointed
secretary
2006-07-10
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THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
2006-07-10
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
2006-07-10
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ARNOLD, Steven Howard appointed
director
2006-07-10
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director
2006-07-10
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Clifford Richardson Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-07-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Waterloo Farm House

Leighton Road Wing

Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire

LU7 0PW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

BRAY, Geoffrey→

director · ~74y · appointed 2017-05-20

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Active

RICHARDSON, John Clifford→

director · ~80y · appointed 2010-04-25

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Active

ARNOLD, Joan→

secretary · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2010-04-25

Resigned

HASTIE, Amanda Jane→

secretary · appointed 2010-04-25 · resigned 2013-05-08

Resigned

THOMAS, Howard→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2006-07-10

Resigned

ARNOLD, Steven Howard→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2010-04-25

Resigned

BENWELL, Nicholas John→

director · ~88y · appointed 2010-04-25 · resigned 2017-03-26

Resigned

TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→

nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2006-07-10

Resigned

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