HOLLY TREE FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07063816 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-02
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-28.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01450
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
38 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,292

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£28k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£28k-£26k-£24k-£22k-£21k-£19kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-28.3k£-18.6k
Net assets£-28.3k£-18.6k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-22
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  5. 2021-08-12
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  6. 2020-11-30
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  7. 2019-07-29
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  9. 2017-11-02
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  10. 2017-08-29
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  11. 2016-08-31
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  12. 2015-11-17
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  13. 2015-05-20
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  14. 2014-12-19
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  15. 2014-08-31
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  16. 2009-11-13
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    HARKER, David George appointed
    director
  17. 2009-11-13
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    HARKER, Valerie Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2009-11-13
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    HARKER, David George appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-13
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    HARKER, David George resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As HOLLY TREE FARM LIMITED
  21. 2009-11-02
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    EVANS, Rhys appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-02
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    EVANS, Rhys resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 16 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Valerie Ann Harker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr David George Harker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2009-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

C/O Ppi Accountancy Limited Horley Green House
Horley Green Road
Claremount
Claremount
HX3 6AS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARKER, David George→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARKER, Valerie Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVANS, Rhys→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-11-02 · resigned 2009-11-02
Resigned
HARKER, David George→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-11-13 · resigned 2009-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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2025-11-03
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2025-08-27
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2024-11-11
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2024-08-22
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2023-11-02
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2023-08-31
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2022-11-02
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2022-08-22
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2021-11-02
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2021-08-12
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2020-11-30
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2020-11-11
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2019-11-26
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2019-07-29
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2018-11-30