ASHDAY HALL FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09327006 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-25
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHDAY HALL FARM LIMITED
  15. 2014-11-25
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    HARRISON, John George appointed
    director
  16. 2014-11-25
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    HARRISON, Rosemary Janet appointed
    director
  17. 2014-11-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 80 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

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 John George Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Janet Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Thorn Tree Farm Village Street
Norwood Green
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX3 8QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARRISON, John George→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-11-25
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Active
HARRISON, Rosemary Janet→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-09-05