BRADES FARM DAIRY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07179718 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.1y 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
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46330
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £27.5k |
| Current assets | — | £319.9k |
| Debtors | — | £319.9k |
| Net assets | — | £3.5k |
| Average employees | 4 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-03-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-01➕TOWERS, Edward Eric appointeddirector
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-08-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs BRADES FARM DAIRY LIMITED
- 2010-03-05➕TOWERS, April appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-05➕TOWERS, April appointeddirector
- 2010-03-05➕TOWERS, John Shepherd appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TOWERS, Edward Eric (same surname) appointed 2022-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Eric Towers Individual · British · DOB 10/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2023 |
Mr John Shepherd Towers Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs April Towers Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46330 — SIC 46330
Registered office
Dalton House
9 Dalton Square
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 1WD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
TOWERS, April→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOWERS, Edward Eric→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2022-01-01
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TOWERS, John Shepherd→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-05
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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 UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/06/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23