MERRY FOX STUD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05934387 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
74 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-17📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-06-17📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-08-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2020-06-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-04-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-11-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-11-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-01-16➕HULME, Craig Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2019-01-16➖CARR, Lisa resignedsecretary
- 2011-07-04➕HADDEN, Gary Paul appointeddirector
- 2011-07-04➕HULME, Craig Anthony appointeddirector
- 2006-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs MERRY FOX STUD LIMITED
- 2006-09-13➕BENNETT, Craig appointeddirector
- 2006-09-13➕CARR, Lisa appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +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
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| INSPIRED RENOVATIONS SWANWICK LIMITED→ 06626064 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| MALOLO LTD→ 09478775 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| MANOR HOUSE FARM EQUESTRIAN LTD→ 16801132 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MEADOWVIEW FISHERIES DC LTD→ 15900304 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| MEGA PINK HORSE LTD→ 07932416 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| MERE FARM POOL LIMITED→ 15852595 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| MICHAEL DENNEY (SOIL NUTRITION) LTD→ 06612291 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| MILLIEDOLLS LTD→ 14929133 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430
Registered office
Mobberley Old Hall Hall Lane
Mobberley
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 7AB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
HULME, Craig Anthony→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENNETT, Craig→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-09-13
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HADDEN, Gary Paul→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2011-07-04
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HULME, Craig Anthony→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2011-07-04
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CARR, Lisa→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-09-13 · resigned 2019-01-16
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Recent filings (74 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-17
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-17
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-08-25