FAERIE TALE ALPACAS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07264432 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-25
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01621
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £205.1k |
| Current assets | — | £132.2k |
| Cash | — | £8.5k |
| Net assets | — | £120.3k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-23📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-07-23📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-06-18📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-04-26📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2010-05-25🏢Company incorporatedAs FAERIE TALE ALPACAS LTD
- 2010-05-25➕VAIDYA, Anne Maria appointeddirector
- 2010-05-25➕VAIDYA, Kierti Marie appointeddirector
- 2010-05-25➕VAIDYA, Kiritkumar Gunvantrai 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 80 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Anne Maria Vaidya Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/05/2016 |
Mr Kiritkumar Gunvantrai Vaidya Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/05/2016 |
Miss Kierti Marie Vaidya Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51 | — | — | board controlboard control | 26/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Agriculture · B postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES TREE SERVICES LIMITED→ 12253723 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ELMHURST TREE CARE LIMITED→ 16208810 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ENCOURAGEMINT LTD→ 14206011 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FERN ACRE LIMITED→ 14717864 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FERTECH LTD→ 13032603 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| FOXFARMEQUESTRIAN LTD→ 08111586 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| FREE FLOW CONCRETE LIMITED→ 09630221 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| FRUITFIELDS ORCHARD LIMITED→ 11608270 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| G.W HAIMES AND SON LIMITED→ 14506053 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| GBEE SHRIMP & AQUATICS LTD→ 14267811 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| GEORGE BAINES FARMS LIMITED→ 05402064 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| GIANTS CAVE LTD→ 16433835 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621
Registered office
Skn Business Centre
1 Guildford Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B19 2HN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
VAIDYA, Anne Maria→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2010-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAIDYA, Kierti Marie→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2010-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAIDYA, Kiritkumar Gunvantrai→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2010-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05