FRESH RAIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06994207 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-19

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£295.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £295,544

Net assets shrinking

Down £138,415 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£296k

↓ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£144k

↓ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£295.5k	£434.0k
Current assets	£144.4k	£300.5k
Net assets	£295.5k	£434.0k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA01
2024-04-10
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accounts · AA01
2024-04-05
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incorporation · MA
2024-04-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-05
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capital · SH08
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-22
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FOXTON, Caroline Patricia appointed
director
2024-03-22
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FOXTON, Charles Henry John appointed
director
2024-03-22
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FOXTON, Frederick Paul Herbert appointed
director
2024-03-22
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officers · AP01
2024-03-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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officers · CH01
2020-11-30
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officers · CH03
2020-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-30
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address · AD01
2010-05-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2010-01-08
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FOXTON, Caroline appointed
secretary
2010-01-08
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FOXTON, Paul Brian appointed
director
2010-01-08
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STORR, Karen resigned
secretary
2010-01-08
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WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2009-09-18
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STORR, Karen appointed
secretary
2009-09-18
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ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
director
2009-09-18
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WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2009-08-19
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Company incorporated
As FRESH RAIN LIMITED
2009-08-19
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ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FOXTON, Charles Henry John (same surname) appointed 2024-03-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Brian Foxton Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Manor Farm Skirlaugh Road

Old Ellerby

Hull

HU11 5AN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19