BIDDENFIELD ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09234398 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£-77.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 11.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
27 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £77,538

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£57k
Net Worth
-£78k
Current Assets
£69k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-30
Total assets£881.8k
Current assets£69.2k
Cash£56.8k
Debtors£12.4k
Net assets£-77.5k

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

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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
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. 2026-01-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-18
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    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-06
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-10
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    address · AD01
  10. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Pig Shed Trust
  17. 2014-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BIDDENFIELD ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  18. 2014-09-25
    ➕
    CLIFFORD, Gregory Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2014-09-25
    ➕
    JONES, Harvey Sean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 61. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harvey Sean Jones
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares25/09/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

The Farmhouse Biddenfield Lane
Shedfield
Southampton
SO32 2HP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLIFFORD, Gregory Alan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-09-25
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JONES, Harvey Sean→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-09-25
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Pig Shed Trust
A registered charge—20/01/2015—
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Recent filings (27 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-26