DAY HOUSE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08103760 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-13
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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  3. 2024-06-20
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  4. 2024-05-09
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  5. 2023-06-12
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  6. 2022-06-07
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2019-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-11
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  11. 2019-06-11
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  12. 2019-06-11
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-06-04
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    HORTON, Charles James Storer resigned
    director
  14. 2019-06-04
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    HORTON, Mary Elizabeth Sarah resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-04
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    HORTON, Stephanie Jane resigned
    director
  16. 2019-05-10
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  17. 2018-06-19
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  18. 2017-07-13
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  19. 2012-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As DAY HOUSE FARMS LIMITED
  20. 2012-06-13
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    HORTON, Joanna Margaret Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2012-06-13
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    HORTON, John Craig appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-13
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    HORTON, Charles James Storer appointed
    director
  23. 2012-06-13
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    HORTON, Mary Elizabeth Sarah appointed
    director
  24. 2012-06-13
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    HORTON, Stephanie Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Craig Horton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Hortonceased 07/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2012-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Day House
Coate
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 6AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HORTON, Joanna Margaret Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORTON, John Craig→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORTON, Charles James Storer→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-06-13 · resigned 2019-06-04
Resigned
HORTON, Mary Elizabeth Sarah→
director · ~91y · appointed 2012-06-13 · resigned 2019-06-04
Resigned
HORTON, Stephanie Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-06-13 · resigned 2019-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19