DOUGLAS FARMS
🌳Matureactive
07103301 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2009-12-13
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 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2020
Net worth
£21.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.3 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 (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £21,143
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£21k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2020-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £24.3k |
| Debtors | £18.0k |
| Net assets | £21.1k |
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.
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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2024-02-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-10-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-23📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2014-11-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-12-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-01-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-01-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-addressaddress · AD01
- 2011-12-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-01-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-01-06📍move-registers-to-sail-companyaddress · AD03
- 2010-04-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs DOUGLAS FARMS
- 2009-12-13➕DOUGLAS, Hazel appointeddirector
- 2009-12-13➕DOUGLAS, Ian appointeddirector
- 2009-12-13➕ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointeddirector
- 2009-12-13➖ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigneddirector
Owner dependency
99/100
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
- +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 "DOUGLAS" — 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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Hazel Douglas Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Ian Douglas Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2009-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629
Registered office
Cambeckhill Newtown
Irthington
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4NT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2020-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DOUGLAS, Hazel→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOUGLAS, Ian→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2009-12-13 · resigned 2009-12-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/04/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2016-11-14
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-24