GALTEE MORE FARMING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07612459 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-21
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
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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 0.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,759,009
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↑ 119% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £4.8k | £-25.0k |
| Net assets | £1.76M | £1.71M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-06-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-06-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2026-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-08-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-08-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-01➕HUES, Robert Edward appointeddirector
- 2011-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs GALTEE MORE FARMING LIMITED
- 2011-04-21➕HUES, David appointeddirector
- 2011-04-21➕HUES, Sandra Mary 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Edward Hues Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest | 18/11/2025 |
Mr David Hues Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sandra Mary Hues Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST WILD TREES LTD→ 15018993 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| GANDALF GRAIN DRIERS LIMITED→ 02991106 · est 1994 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| GF & RG HODDINOTT LIMITED→ 03732623 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| GH, VM & RA PEARCE LTD→ 12489981 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| GINGER WHISKERS LTD→ 15388778 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| GOOD HOPE FARM C.I.C.→ 09675256 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| GRIFFIN FORESTRY LIMITED→ 08142625 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| GURNEY FARMING LTD→ 03283066 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| GUS & BOO'S DAY CARE LTD→ 15985198 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| GWD WILDLIFE SERVICES LIMITED→ 14871571 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| H E MATTOCKS & SONS LTD→ 10473380 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Galtee More Farm
Beckhampton
Marlborough
SN8 1FE
England
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 (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
HUES, Robert Edward→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2016-11-01
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HUES, Sandra Mary→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2011-04-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/06/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-08-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22