BOW FARMS LIMITED

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06670136 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-12
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.63M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,630,264
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£337k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£2.6m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↓ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£526k£1.1m£1.6m£2.1m£2.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6.20M£2.78M
Current assets£1.54M£1.59M
Cash£337.0k£666.7k
Debtors£688.7k£797.9k
Net assets£2.63M£2.38M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-05-03
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-11-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  6. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-16
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-02-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  17. 2016-08-15
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  18. 2008-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BOW FARMS LIMITED
  19. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    NORMAN, Ellen Margaret appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    NORMAN, Ellen Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    NORMAN, Hilton Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    NORMAN, Robert Dixon appointed
    director
  23. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    NORMAN, Wayne Hector appointed
    director
  24. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-08-12
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wayne Hector Norman
Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Robert Dixon Norman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Ellen Margaret Norman
Individual · Canadian · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Hilton Robert Norman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

The Bow
Great Orton
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA5 6EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

NORMAN, Ellen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
NORMAN, Ellen Margaret→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
NORMAN, Hilton Robert→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
NORMAN, Robert Dixon→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
NORMAN, Wayne Hector→
director · ~43y · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-12 · resigned 2008-08-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property08/11/2024—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—06/02/2017—
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Recent filings (60 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12