CHEESLEY HILL FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07242235 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£487.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
39 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £487,742

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
Net Worth
£488k
↑ 76% YoY
Current Assets
£107k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£98k£195k£293k£390k£488kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£735.9k£380.2k
Current assets£107.2k£61.8k
Cash£16.3k—
Debtors£55.9k£44.6k
Net assets£487.7k£276.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-28
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-08-18
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  4. 2024-05-28
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  5. 2024-02-29
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  6. 2023-11-13
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  7. 2023-11-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  8. 2023-02-24
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  9. 2022-02-15
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  10. 2021-05-07
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  11. 2020-02-04
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  12. 2019-02-27
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  13. 2018-06-11
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    address · AD01
  14. 2018-02-27
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  15. 2017-02-14
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  16. 2016-05-06
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  17. 2010-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CHEESLEY HILL FARM LIMITED
  18. 2010-05-04
    ➕
    SYKES, Amanda appointed
    director
  19. 2010-05-04
    ➕
    SYKES, Timothy Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2010-05-04
    ➕
    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-05-04
    ➖
    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amanda Sykes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr Timothy Graham Sykes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2010-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

59a Day's Lane
Biddenham
Bedford
MK40 4AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SYKES, Amanda→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-05-04
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Active
SYKES, Timothy Graham→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-05-04
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Active
ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-04 · resigned 2010-05-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—10/11/2023—
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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-18
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accounts · AA01
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-29
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mortgage · MR01
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04