BEST FARMS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08683443 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-10
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 10.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£4.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. 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 10.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,173,448
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£4.2m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£3.0m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£835k£1.7m£2.5m£3.3m£4.2mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£4.57M£3.75M
Current assets£3.03M£2.56M
Cash£1.11M£694.2k
Debtors£1.14M£1.29M
Net assets£4.17M£3.49M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-28
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    BEST, Rebecca appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-13
    ➕
    BEST, Richard appointed
    director
  12. 2020-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-04
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2017-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-08-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2013-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEST FARMS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
  19. 2013-09-10
    ➕
    BEST, Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-10
    ➕
    BEST, Malcolm Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEST" — 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

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BEST, Rebecca (same surname) appointed 2022-10-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Best
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/09/2016
Mr Malcolm Edward Best
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/09/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Synergy Chartered Accountants Unit 6 Block 2 Barrack Court
4a William Prance Road
Plymouth
PL6 5ZD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BEST, Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-09-10
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Active
BEST, Malcolm Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-09-10
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Active
BEST, Rebecca→
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-10-28
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Active
BEST, Richard→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-01-13
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—21/08/2015—
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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22