WARREN FARM LIVERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05970940 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-18
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
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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).

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,509

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 75050% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£7kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.6k£1.4k
Current assets£6.5k£3.4k
Net assets£4.5k£6

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-02
    ➖
    GREENWOOD, Wallace James resigned
    director
  8. 2020-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-10-31
    ➕
    GREENWOOD, Sally Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-31
    ➕
    GREENWOOD, Sally Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-31
    ➕
    GREENWOOD, Wallace James appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, David Alan resigned
    director
  22. 2006-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As WARREN FARM LIVERY LIMITED
  23. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    TAYLOR, David Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sally Ann Greenwood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares18/10/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

C/O Holden Associates
V12, Merlin Park, Ringtail Road
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 8JY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GREENWOOD, Sally Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENWOOD, Sally Ann→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2006-10-31
Resigned
GREENWOOD, Wallace James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2020-11-02
Resigned
TAYLOR, David Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2006-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31