DAISY MADE FARM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09379620 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-08
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£448.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
- 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 3 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £448,083
Net assets shrinking
Down £77,783 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£140k
↓ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£448k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£181k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £508.3k | £583.9k |
| Current assets | £181.3k | £231.7k |
| Cash | £139.5k | £152.7k |
| Debtors | £13.8k | £54.0k |
| Net assets | £448.1k | £525.9k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-08➕SCARBOROUGH, Deborah Christine appointeddirector
- 2022-11-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-11-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-01➕SCARBOROUGH, Matthew Robert appointeddirector
- 2015-01-08🏢Company incorporatedAs DAISY MADE FARM LIMITED
- 2015-01-08➕SCARBOROUGH, David Frank appointeddirector
- 2015-01-08➕SCARBOROUGH, Nicola Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Deborah Christine Scarborough Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/01/2023 |
Mr Matthew Robert Scarborough Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Nicola Louise Scarboroughceased 08/01/2023· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Frank Scarboroughceased 08/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520
Registered office
The Farmhouse
Lincoln Road Farm
Skellingthorpe
Lincoln
LN6 5SA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
SCARBOROUGH, David Frank→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-08
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SCARBOROUGH, Deborah Christine→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-01-08
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SCARBOROUGH, Matthew Robert→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2015-05-01
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SCARBOROUGH, Nicola Louise→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-01-08
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-14