BOARSTALL FARMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07413382 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-20
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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-06
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  9. 2022-09-06
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  10. 2022-09-06
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  11. 2021-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-01-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-12-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-10-20
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    AUBREY-FLETCHER, Thomas Egerton resigned
    director
  18. 2020-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-10-31
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    BOND, Peter Robert Michael resigned
    director
  21. 2018-04-16
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    AUBREY-FLETCHER, Harry Buchanan appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-18
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    FOX, Douglas resigned
    director
  23. 2010-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BOARSTALL FARMS LTD
  24. 2010-10-20
    ➕
    AUBREY-FLETCHER, Henry Egerton, Sir appointed
    director
  25. 2010-10-20
    ➕
    AUBREY-FLETCHER, Thomas Egerton appointed
    director
  26. 2010-10-20
    ➕
    BOND, Peter Robert Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2010-10-20
    ➕
    FOX, Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Chilton Home Farms Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chilton Home Farms Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BOARSTALL FARMS LTD
This company · 07413382

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chilton Home Farms Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/10/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sir Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcherceased 31/10/2019· significant influence · trust interest

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
Incorporated2010-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

The Estate Office
Wurtemburg Yard
Chilton
Buckinghamshire
HP18 9LR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

AUBREY-FLETCHER, Harry Buchanan→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUBREY-FLETCHER, Henry Egerton, Sir→
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUBREY-FLETCHER, Thomas Egerton→
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-10-20 · resigned 2020-10-20
Resigned
BOND, Peter Robert Michael→
director · ~91y · appointed 2010-10-20 · resigned 2019-10-31
Resigned
FOX, Douglas→
director · ~105y · appointed 2010-10-20 · resigned 2013-07-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2022-09-06
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2022-09-06
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01