ALLINGTON FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07587827 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-01
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
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 | 4 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-06-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-16📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-03-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-08➖ORAM, Philip Andrew, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2011-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLINGTON FARMS LIMITED
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, Richard Charles, Mr. appointedsecretary
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, Andrew William, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, James Thomas, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, Nicholas Charles appointeddirector
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, Richard Charles, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2011-04-01➕ORAM, Philip Andrew, Mr. appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. James Thomas Oram Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/03/2023 |
Mr Nicholas Charles Oram Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/03/2023 |
Mr. Andrew William Oram Individual · British · DOB 06/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/04/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nick Oramceased 14/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr James Oramceased 14/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Manor Farm
Allington
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 3NN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
ORAM, Richard Charles, Mr.→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-04-01
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ORAM, Andrew William, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2011-04-01
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ORAM, James Thomas, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2011-04-01
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ORAM, Nicholas Charles→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2011-04-01
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ORAM, Richard Charles, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-04-01
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ORAM, Philip Andrew, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2015-01-08
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 01/09/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-31