FLASH HOUSE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09154232 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-30

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£11.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.1y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,006,643

Net assets shrinking

Down £182,281 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£11m

↓ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£1.5m

↑ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£11.01M	£11.19M
Current assets	£1.46M	£1.14M
Net assets	£11.01M	£11.19M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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2024-12-31
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2023-12-29
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2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-05-11
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mortgage · MR04
2022-05-11
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2022-05-11
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2022-05-11
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Charge satisfied #7
2022-05-11
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Charge satisfied #6
2022-05-11
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Charge satisfied #5
2022-05-11
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Charge satisfied #4
2022-05-11
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2022-05-11
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2022-05-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-12-31
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2021-01-18
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2020-07-30
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2020-07-30
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-06
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-03-06
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-03-06
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-03-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-03-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-03-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2015-05-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-03-27
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ANDREWS, Nigel resigned
director
2014-10-10
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PEARS, Jeffrey Gordon appointed
director
2014-08-10
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PEARS, Graham Mark appointed
director
2014-07-30
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Company incorporated
As FLASH HOUSE FARMS LIMITED
2014-07-30
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ANDREWS, Nigel appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Mark Pears Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/04/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

J G Pears Limitedceased 30/04/2020· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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BAILEY LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ 13983939 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
BOVIAID LIMITED→ 08052938 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
BROWN BANK (FARMERS) LIMITED→ 01380799 · est 1978 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	47y	—	—
C.R. CHAPMAN (BLOIS HALL) LIMITED→ 01331987 · est 1977 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	48y	—	—
CHELWOOD FARMS LIMITED→ 01193756 · est 1974 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	51y	—	—
CLIFFORD MOOR FARM PET HOTEL LTD→ 09002970 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
D & A LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ 08287819 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
ECCL 2020 LIMITED→ 12584118 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
EVOLUTION TREE CARE (YORKSHIRE) LTD→ 16268531 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
F A BROADWITH & SONS LIMITED→ 06185172 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
FERRENSBY CHICKENS LTD→ 09796707 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
FLEETS FARMS LIMITED→ 07735920 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-07-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

Eva Lett House

1 South Crescent

Ripon

North Yorkshire

HG4 1SN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PEARS, Graham Mark→

director · ~41y · appointed 2014-08-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PEARS, Jeffrey Gordon→

director · ~70y · appointed 2014-10-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ANDREWS, Nigel→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-07-30 · resigned 2015-03-27

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	06/03/2020	11/05/2022
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	20/05/2015	11/05/2022

Recent filings (47 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-10

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

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mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

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mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-05-11