CHUDLEIGH FARMING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06392402 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-08
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.3y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 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.
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-03-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2021-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-19📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-09-19📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-09-03➕STEVENSON, Peter Neil appointedsecretary
- 2019-08-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-12➖POOLE, Nicholas Joseph Varley resignedsecretary
- 2019-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-31➖HEMINGWAY, John Gwilym resigneddirector
- 2018-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2009-07-03➕DARTMOUTH, William, The Right Honourable Earl Of Dartmouth Fca appointeddirector
- 2009-07-03➖HAGGIE, Timothy John resigneddirector
- 2007-11-24➕HEMINGWAY, John Gwilym appointeddirector
- 2007-10-08🏢Company incorporatedAs CHUDLEIGH FARMING LIMITED
- 2007-10-08➕POOLE, Nicholas Joseph Varley appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-08➕HAGGIE, Timothy John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
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 77 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 17 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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The Right Honourable Earl Of Dartmouth William Dartmouth Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| BETH NORMANDALE LTD→ 15107645 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| C&S FARMS LIMITED→ 15968535 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CARBON NEUTRAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 05934957 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| CARING4CRITTERS CIC→ 15182580 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| CAWKELD FARMING LIMITED→ 00532115 · est 1954 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 72y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
20-24 Park Street
Selby
YO8 4PW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
STEVENSON, Peter Neil→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DARTMOUTH, William, The Right Honourable Earl Of Dartmouth Fca→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POOLE, Nicholas Joseph Varley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-08 · resigned 2019-08-12
HAGGIE, Timothy John→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2007-10-08 · resigned 2009-07-03
HEMINGWAY, John Gwilym→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2007-11-24 · resigned 2019-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/03/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-17