MARY'S FARM HOUSE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07711725 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-20
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-15.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,591
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£869
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
-£16k
↓ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£150k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £34.2k | £44.3k |
| Current assets | £150.2k | £189.6k |
| Cash | £869 | £4.4k |
| Debtors | £65.4k | £93.9k |
| Net assets | £-15.6k | £-8.7k |
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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-08-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-07-20🏢Company incorporatedAs MARY'S FARM HOUSE LIMITED
- 2011-07-20➕HURSEY, Dilys Mary appointeddirector
- 2011-07-20➕HURSEY, John Spencer appointeddirector
- 2011-07-20➕HURSEY, Robert John 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 82 — 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 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Dilys Mary Hursey Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/07/2016 |
Mr Robert John Hursey Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/07/2016 |
Mr John Spencer Hursey Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520
Registered office
Penwenallt
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Whitland
Carmarthenshire
SA34 0XD
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
HURSEY, Dilys Mary→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2011-07-20
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HURSEY, John Spencer→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2011-07-20
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HURSEY, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2011-07-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/08/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28