OAKFIELD MANOR ESTATES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07342999 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£5.51M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 10.7y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,514,113
Cash YoY
+444%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.0m
↑ 444% YoY
Net Worth
£5.5m
↑ 147% YoY
Current Assets
£23m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.51M | £9.73M |
| Current assets | £22.60M | £21.47M |
| Cash | £1.01M | £185.6k |
| Debtors | £21.46M | £21.27M |
| Net assets | £5.51M | £2.24M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-28🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
- 2020-05-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-05-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-05-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2020-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-05-15🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
- 2020-05-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
- 2020-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-04-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2019-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-11-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2018-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2010-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs OAKFIELD MANOR ESTATES LIMITED
- 2010-08-11➕STOBART, William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Stobart Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT'S THE LEASH WE CAN DO LTD→ 15770674 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| LOVE BROTHERS LIMITED→ 01143888 · est 1973 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| MALOLO LTD→ 09478775 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| MEADOWVIEW FISHERIES DC LTD→ 15900304 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| MERE FARM POOL LIMITED→ 15852595 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| MICHAEL DENNEY (SOIL NUTRITION) LTD→ 06612291 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| NEW PLATT FISHERIES LIMITED→ 11323821 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| NORTHERN FARMS LIMITED→ 12302380 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| OAKMERE KENNELS LIMITED→ 16595246 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OUR BACK YARD LTD→ 13671498 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| PAMPERED PETS CHESHIRE LTD→ 14629696 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| PASTURE FARM DUTTON LTD→ 17034381 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629
Registered office
Oakfield Manor Farm Chelford Lane
Over Peover
Knutsford
WA16 8UQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
STOBART, William→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-08-11
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Cambridge & Counties Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/08/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Cambridge & Counties Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/05/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Cambridge & Counties Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/05/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 17/04/2019 | 19/05/2020 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/11/2018 | 19/05/2020 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/11/2015 | 19/05/2020 |
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-05-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-05-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-05-22