DALESEND FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07958852 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-21

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£928.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 96-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 96). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £928,537

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,328 YoY

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£929k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£31k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£931.4k	£941.4k
Current assets	£31.1k	£41.0k
Net assets	£928.5k	£937.9k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
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ROPNER, Paul Benedict Peat appointed
director
2026-03-26
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ROPNER, Paul Benedict Peat resigned
director
2026-03-26
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officers · AP01
2026-03-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
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officers · AP01
2025-06-12
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DICKINSON, Tobyn Benedict appointed
director
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-19
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DICKINSON, Tobyn Benedict resigned
director
2021-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-21
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LIDDLE, John Bernard appointed
secretary
2015-11-27
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DICKINSON, Tobyn Benedict appointed
director
2015-11-27
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ROPNER, Paul Benedict Peat appointed
director
2014-06-10
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ROPNER, Paul Benedict Peat resigned
director
2013-02-14
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ROPNER, Jonathan Gray resigned
director
2012-02-21
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Company incorporated
As DALESEND FARMS LIMITED
2012-02-21
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DICKINSON, John Joicey appointed
director
2012-02-21
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ROPNER, Charles Guy Corban appointed
director
2012-02-21
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ROPNER, Edith Avril appointed
director
2012-02-21
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ROPNER, Jonathan Gray appointed
director
2012-02-21
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ROPNER, Paul Benedict Peat 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 96 — 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 96 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Edith Avril Ropner Individual · British · DOB 04/1930 · age 96	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	03/03/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Trustees Of Will Jonathan Gray Ropnerceased 02/03/2023· 25-50% shares · trust interest

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

Incorporated2012-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Hilltop East

Newton Le Willows

Bedale

DL8 1TP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29