LOW FARM ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive
09232323 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-23
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£2.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35140
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,681,411
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£651k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£536k£1.1m£1.6m£2.1m£2.7mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£2.68M£2.34M
Current assets£1.31M£1.01M
Cash£651.3k£750.7k
Debtors£199.9k£140.4k
Net assets£2.68M£2.34M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-29
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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. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-01
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    BATTY, Richard Thomas appointed
    secretary
  15. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    BATTY, Peter Thomas appointed
    director
  16. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    BRAMLEY, Martin James appointed
    director
  17. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    BRAMLEY, Sallyann appointed
    director
  18. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    WILSON, Alastair appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-07
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    HALL, John Richard resigned
    director
  20. 2014-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As LOW FARM ENERGY LTD
  21. 2014-09-23
    ➕
    HALL, John Richard 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 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin James Bramley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/11/2022

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
Incorporated2014-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35140 — SIC 35140

Registered office

Northfield Farm Well Lane
South Milford
Leeds
LS25 5BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

BATTY, Richard Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
BATTY, Peter Thomas→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-07
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Active
BRAMLEY, Martin James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-04-07
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Active
BRAMLEY, Sallyann→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-04-07
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Active
WILSON, Alastair→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-04-07
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Active
HALL, John Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-09-23 · resigned 2015-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-12
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06