BAINVALLEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06317502 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-19
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.59M
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 99-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 99). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 £1,588,062
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,054 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.6m
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£337k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£325k£650k£975k£1.3m£1.6mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1.59M£1.63M
Current assets£336.9k£423.1k
Net assets£1.59M£1.63M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-05-14
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    HARRISON, Thomas Brian resigned
    director
  17. 2007-10-01
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    HARRISON, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2007-10-01
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    HARRISON, Thomas Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BAINVALLEY LIMITED
  20. 2007-07-19
    ➕
    HARRISON, John William appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-07-19
    ➕
    HARRISON, John William appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-19
    ➕
    HARRISON, Wendy appointed
    director
  23. 2007-07-19
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-07-19
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-07-19
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-07-19
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 99 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 99 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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

Group structure

T B Harrison & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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T B Harrison & Sons Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BAINVALLEY LIMITED
This company · 06317502

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
T B Harrison & Sons Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2007-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Manor Farm House
Hemingby
Horncastle
Lincolnshire
LN9 5QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HARRISON, John William→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Janet Elizabeth→
director · ~99y · appointed 2007-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, John William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Wendy→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-19 · resigned 2007-07-19
Resigned
HARRISON, Thomas Brian→
director · ~101y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2013-05-14
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-19 · resigned 2007-07-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-24