CLARK FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07974118 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-02
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 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4 | 400 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-01➕CLARK, Freddie appointeddirector
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2012-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs CLARK FARMS LIMITED
- 2012-03-02➕CLARK, Gregory James appointeddirector
- 2012-03-02➕STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointeddirector
- 2012-03-02➖STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigneddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gregory James Clark Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Freddie Clark Individual · British · DOB 01/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/02/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gregory James Clarkceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
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
Incorporated2012-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Unit 2 Greenways Business Park
Bellinger Close
Chippenham
SN15 1BN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CLARK, Freddie→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2020-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Gregory James→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2012-03-02 · resigned 2012-03-02
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 09/06/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-08