BLUE BARNS POULTRY FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07134352 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 8 | 700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-28➕ZELA, Beckie appointeddirector
- 2022-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-12-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2018-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2014-10-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE BARNS POULTRY FARMS LIMITED
- 2010-01-25➕HENDERSON, Christina appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-25➕HENDERSON, Christina appointeddirector
- 2010-01-25➕HENDERSON, Keith Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Christina Henderson Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Keith Stuart Henderson Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A R HUME FARMING LIMITED→ 14017148 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| CHARLTON MIRES FARM LIMITED→ 13708870 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CHATTON FISHERIES LIMITED→ 15952661 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CHEESBROUGH & SON LIMITED→ 00754230 · est 1963 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 63y | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Southfield Farm
Hamsterley Mill
Rowlands Gill
Tyne And Wear
NE39 1NQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
HENDERSON, Christina→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-01-25
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HENDERSON, Christina→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-25
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HENDERSON, Keith Stuart→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-25
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ZELA, Beckie→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2022-09-28
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/10/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/10/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23