FORD & ETAL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07954309 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-17

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 8.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-23
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JOICEY, Bridget Alison appointed
director
2025-04-23
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JOICEY, William James appointed
director
2024-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-15
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KNIGHT, Hannah Elisabeth appointed
director
2021-12-15
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KNIGHT, Oliver Hugh Darroch appointed
director
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-09-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Credit Suisse (UK) Limited
2012-05-31
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JOICEY, Agnes Harriet Frances Mary, Lady appointed
director
2012-05-31
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JOICEY, James Michael, Lord appointed
director
2012-05-31
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NICOLSON, Sean Torquil resigned
director
2012-02-17
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Company incorporated
As FORD & ETAL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED
2012-02-17
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NICOLSON, Sean Torquil appointed
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

-6 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

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JOICEY, Bridget Alison (same surname) appointed 2025-04-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lord James Michael Joicey Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-02-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

The Estate Office

Ford Village

Berwick Upon Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 2QA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17