EAST WOODSIDE FARMING
🌳Matureactive
06070280 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2007-01-26
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
—
year to Mar 2015
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Shore up working capital. Current liabilities exceed current assets by £30,166. Tightening credit control, stretching creditor days or injecting capital resolves it. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 2.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 · UK GAAPLiquidity tight
Current ratio 0.97 — current liabilities exceed current assets
Current ratio
0.97
Liquidity — >1 is healthy
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
£918k
Current Liabilities
£948k
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · UK GAAP| Metric | 2015-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.51M |
| Current assets | £917.7k |
| Debtors | £85.3k |
| Current liabilities | £947.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2024-07-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-07-03📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-06-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2021-09-22📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2020-12-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-14➖ROTHERY, Steven Maurice resigneddirector
- 2015-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-23📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2014-11-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-11-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-08📄re-registration-memorandum-articlesincorporation · MAR
- 2014-05-08✏️reregistration-assentchange-of-name · FOA-RR
- 2011-08-11➖ROTHERY, John Maurice resigneddirector
- 2007-01-26🏢Company incorporatedAs EAST WOODSIDE FARMING
- 2007-01-26➕ROTHERY, Brenda Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2007-01-26➕ROTHERY, Brenda Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2007-01-26➕ROTHERY, John appointeddirector
- 2007-01-26➕YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-01-26➖YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-01-26➕ROTHERY, John Maurice appointeddirector
- 2007-01-26➕ROTHERY, Steven Maurice appointeddirector
- 2007-01-26➕YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-01-26➖YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Brenda Elizabeth Rothery Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr John Rothery Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Steven Maurice Rotheryceased 03/07/2024· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2007-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
East Woodside, Curthwaite
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 8BD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2015-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
ROTHERY, Brenda Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-01-26
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ROTHERY, Brenda Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2007-01-26
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ROTHERY, John→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2007-01-26
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-26 · resigned 2007-01-26
ROTHERY, John Maurice→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2007-01-26 · resigned 2011-08-11
ROTHERY, Steven Maurice→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2007-01-26 · resigned 2020-12-14
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-26 · resigned 2007-01-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 03/04/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-05
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-07-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-09-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-10-27