BAY HORSE FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07182493 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-09
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 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£685.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 11.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £685,030

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£685k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£137k£274k£411k£548k£685kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£1.13M£1.15M
Current assets£166.4k£161.8k
Net assets£685.0k£599.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2024-05-04
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  4. 2024-05-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-30
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    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-12-22
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  7. 2022-11-22
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  8. 2022-10-13
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-10-01
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    SWALES, Andrea appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2019-12-24
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  13. 2018-12-12
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  14. 2018-01-03
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  15. 2016-12-23
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  16. 2015-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2010-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BAY HORSE FARM LIMITED
  18. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    SWALES, Paul Robert appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    SWALES, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    SWALES, Peter David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Robert Swales
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2010-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Bay Horse Farm Rawfield Lane
Fairburn
Knottingley
WF11 9LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SWALES, Paul Robert→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-09
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Active
SWALES, Andrea→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-10-01
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Active
SWALES, Paul Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-09
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Active
SWALES, Peter David→
director · ~85y · appointed 2010-03-09
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/2015—
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-07