CR BEARD FARMERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05976698 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£960.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 £960,381

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£960k
Current Assets
£480k
Current Liabilities
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£0£192k£384k£576k£768k£960kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Current assets£479.7k—
Net assets£960.4k—
Average employees—200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2025-07-07
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  3. 2025-07-04
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-01-27
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  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-08
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    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-23
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  13. 2017-12-11
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  14. 2016-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CR BEARD FARMERS LIMITED
  17. 2006-10-24
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    BEARD, Olive Brenda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-24
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    BEARD, Christopher Robin appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    BEARD, Olive Brenda appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-24
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-10-24
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-24
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-10-24
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEARD" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 89 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Robin Beard
Individual · British · DOB 06/1937 · age 89
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Olive Brenda Beard
Individual · British · DOB 08/1940 · age 86
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Grange Farm, Grassthorpe Road
Sutton On Trent
Newark
NG23 6QX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEARD, Olive Brenda→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEARD, Christopher Robin→
director · ~89y · appointed 2006-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEARD, Olive Brenda→
director · ~86y · appointed 2006-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-06-08