A & J FARMING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08956396 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-24
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.16M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,155,962
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£431k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£231k£462k£694k£925k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£431.2k£327.6k
Net assets£1.16M£1.01M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-14
    ➕
    SHELLARD, Catherine appointed
    director
  13. 2018-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-08-01
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    ASHLEY, Cheryl appointed
    director
  17. 2014-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J FARMING LIMITED
  18. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    ASHLEY, Adrian appointed
    director
  19. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    ASHLEY, James Stephen Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
Mr Adrian Ashley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Stephen Graham Ashley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Blackbrook Gate 1
Blackbrook Business Park
Taunton
TA1 2PX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ASHLEY, Adrian→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Active
ASHLEY, Cheryl→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-08-01
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Active
ASHLEY, James Stephen Graham→
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Active
SHELLARD, Catherine→
director · ~38y · appointed 2018-02-14
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-10