FARM GENERATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07731994 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.3y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 |
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
4
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-04-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-04-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2026-04-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-07-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-16📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-06-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2023-06-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2022-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-11-24📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2021-11-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-11-22📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2019-03-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2019-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2019-01-22➕LEAVER, Simon James appointeddirector
- 2019-01-22➕LINTON, David John Campbell appointeddirector
- 2019-01-22➕SINGLETON, Victoria appointeddirector
- 2011-08-08🏢Company incorporatedAs FARM GENERATION LIMITED
- 2011-08-08➕BRADLEY, Colin William appointeddirector
- 2011-08-08➕BUTCHER, Simon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Floor 1, Capital House 8 Pittman Court, Pittman Way
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9ZG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
BRADLEY, Colin William→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-08-08
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BUTCHER, Simon→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-08-08
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LEAVER, Simon James→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2019-01-22
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LINTON, David John Campbell→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-01-22
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SINGLETON, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2019-01-22
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/06/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/03/2019 | 08/04/2026 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/03/2019 | 08/04/2026 |
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-06