COLE FARMING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06894841 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-05
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
£804.8k
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
43 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 £804,768
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,744 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£805k
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£821k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£164k£328k£493k£657k£821kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£804.8k£815.5k
Current assets£821.0k£816.6k
Net assets£804.8k£815.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2021-12-10
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  6. 2021-09-21
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-08-17
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    COLE, Deborah appointed
    director
  8. 2021-01-12
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  9. 2019-12-17
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  10. 2018-12-05
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  11. 2017-12-08
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  12. 2016-12-20
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  13. 2016-06-06
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  14. 2015-12-16
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  15. 2015-05-08
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  16. 2014-12-29
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  17. 2009-10-20
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    COLE, Eileen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-10-20
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    COLE, Eileen resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-01
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    COLE, Gerald resigned
    director
  20. 2009-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As COLE FARMING LIMITED
  21. 2009-05-05
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    COLE, Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-05
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    COLE, Eileen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-05
    ➕
    COLE, Eileen appointed
    director
  24. 2009-05-05
    ➕
    COLE, Gerald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "COLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Cole
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2009-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Cock Farm
Stolford
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA5 1TS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COLE, Deborah→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Eileen→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-05 · resigned 2009-10-20
Resigned
COLE, Eileen→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-05-05 · resigned 2009-10-20
Resigned
COLE, Gerald→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-05-05 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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2026-05-12
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
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accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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officers · AP01
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17