ANCHOR FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07682905 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-27
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
50 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
75
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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£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 employees4400

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2025-11-04
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-01
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  4. 2025-06-30
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  5. 2025-06-10
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-19
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  9. 2021-12-20
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  10. 2020-12-01
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  11. 2019-12-06
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  12. 2018-12-10
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  13. 2018-12-10
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  14. 2018-06-08
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-06-08
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-11-23
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  17. 2011-07-01
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    HAILES, Christopher John appointed
    director
  18. 2011-07-01
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    HAILES, Peter John Edmund appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCHOR FARMS LIMITED
  20. 2011-06-27
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    HAILES, Eva Gunilla appointed
    director
  21. 2011-06-27
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    HAILES, John Edmund appointed
    director
  22. 2011-06-27
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2011-06-27
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Eva Gunilla Hailes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
John Edmund Hailes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Blyth House
Rendham Road
Saxmundham
Suffolk
IP17 1WA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HAILES, Christopher John→
director · ~41y · appointed 2011-07-01
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Active
HAILES, Eva Gunilla→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAILES, John Edmund→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAILES, Peter John Edmund→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-06-27 · resigned 2011-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01