ARCHIFARMLAB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09215807 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-12
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCHIFARMLAB LIMITED
  15. 2014-09-12
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    FRY, Vanessa appointed
    secretary
  16. 2014-09-12
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    BARNES, Paul Simon David appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-12
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    FRY, Vanessa appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
Paul Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Vanessa Fry
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
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
Incorporated2014-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

George Court
Bartholemews Walk
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FRY, Vanessa→
secretary · appointed 2014-09-12
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Active
BARNES, Paul Simon David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-12
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Active
FRY, Vanessa→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-09-12
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-19