B BUSH & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07281214 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-11
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.
🔒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: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01130SIC 01130
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100).
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Refinance opportunity
29 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 24.9y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
29 charges (29/29 with lender, 29/29 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
100 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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 | 18 | 1900 |
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
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-30📄mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-31🔒Charge registered #29Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-01🔒Charge registered #28Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-07-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-24📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-06-04📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-01-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-21🔒Charge registered #27Lender: Graham Barker
- 2024-12-23➕BUSH, Lisa Joanne appointeddirector
- 2024-12-23➖BUSH, Ethel Mary resigneddirector
- 2024-12-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-05➕BUSH, Andrew Charles appointeddirector
- 2023-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-01-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-10📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-10-28🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-10-07🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2021-09-01🔒Charge registered #7Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2021-09-01🔒Charge registered #6Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2021-09-01🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-09-01🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-06-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2020-12-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2020-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-08-16➖BUSH, Bryan Edgar resigneddirector
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #22Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Standard Bank Isle of Man Limited
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #20Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #19Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #18Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #17Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #16Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-11-01🔒Charge registered #15Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2010-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs B BUSH & SONS LIMITED
- 2010-06-11➕BUSH, Bryan Jeffrey appointeddirector
- 2010-06-11➕BUSH, Kathryn Ann appointeddirector
- 2010-06-11➕BUSH, Bryan Edgar appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 62 events
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUSH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
23/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BUSH, Andrew Charles (same surname) appointed 2024-07-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 low29 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bryan Jeffrey Bush Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/08/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Kathryn Ann Bushceased 02/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Ethel Mary Bushceased 21/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.R. CRAVEN FARMS LIMITED→ 03115021 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
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| ARMSTRONG & SON AGRI AND STRAW MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 14781745 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG AGRICULTURE LIMITED→ 04651016 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| ATKINSONS FARMS LIMITED→ 00559111 · est 1955 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 70y | — | — |
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| BAH HUMBUG TRADING LTD→ 12248647 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BANDO BULLS LTD→ 15445389 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Home Farm
Revesby
Boston
Lincolnshire
PE22 7NU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
BUSH, Andrew Charles→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2024-07-05
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BUSH, Bryan Jeffrey→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2010-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUSH, Kathryn Ann→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-06-11
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BUSH, Lisa Joanne→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2024-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUSH, Bryan Edgar→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 2010-06-11 · resigned 2013-08-16
BUSH, Ethel Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2010-06-11 · resigned 2024-12-23
CARTER, John→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-11 · resigned 2010-06-11
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Mortgages & charges
29
Total charges
29
Outstanding
5
Active lenders
Status:Lender:29 of 29 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 31/10/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/09/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Graham Barker | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/10/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/09/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 01/09/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/09/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 4 properties | 01/09/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 11/06/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/12/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/11/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Standard Bank Isle of Man Standard Bank Isle of Man Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 01/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/08/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/08/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/08/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (100 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-22
mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-25
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-27