FRED WINTER FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08410349 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-19
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£102.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £102,030
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,627 YoY
Cash YoY
+81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
↑ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£102k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£246k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£49k£98k£148k£197k£246kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£106.3k£124.0k
Current assets£246.2k£238.0k
Cash£23.1k£12.8k
Debtors£187.2k£183.1k
Net assets£102.0k£108.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-23
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-01-22
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    WINTER, Thomas Frederick John appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-18
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  6. 2022-08-03
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  7. 2021-10-29
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  8. 2021-01-28
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  9. 2020-03-02
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  10. 2020-03-02
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-03-02
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-03-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2019-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-19
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  15. 2017-07-06
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  16. 2016-10-19
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  17. 2013-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As FRED WINTER FARMS LIMITED
  18. 2013-02-19
    ➕
    WINTER, Caroline Alison appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-02-19
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    WINTER, Charles Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2013-02-19
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    WINTER, Frederick Guy Lawrence appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WINTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WINTER, Thomas Frederick John (same surname) appointed 2025-01-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Group structure

Fred Winter Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fred Winter Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FRED WINTER FARMS LIMITED
This company · 08410349

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fred Winter Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

3 Pegasus House Pegasus Court
Olympus Avenue
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 6LW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WINTER, Caroline Alison→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-19
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Active
WINTER, Charles Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-02-19
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Active
WINTER, Frederick Guy Lawrence→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-02-19
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Active
WINTER, Thomas Frederick John→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-01-22
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-02