BIRDLYMES FARM LTD
🌳Matureactive
08932058 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRDLYMES FARM LTD
- 2014-03-11➕BURCHMORE, Annelie appointeddirector
- 2014-03-11➕BURCHMORE, Thomas Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 64. 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 12 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 Thomas Andrew Burchmore Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Annelie Burchmore Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2014-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
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: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BURCHMORE, Annelie→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2014-03-11
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BURCHMORE, Thomas Andrew→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-04