CANAAN COUNTRY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09394253 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £189.5k |
| Current assets | — | £262.0k |
| Cash | — | £37.2k |
| Debtors | — | £196.4k |
| Net assets | — | £187.8k |
| Average employees | 7 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-04-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-31➕BENTON, Anthony Henley appointeddirector
- 2026-03-31➕DOBSON, Joanna Claire appointeddirector
- 2026-03-31➖WEST, Andrew Brian, Rev resigneddirector
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CANAAN COUNTRY LIMITED
- 2015-01-19➕WEST, Andrew Brian, Rev appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Biashara Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Biashara Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CANAAN COUNTRY LIMITED
This company · 09394253
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Biashara Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Tracy Deborah Westceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares
- Rev Andrew Brian Westceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities
Registered office
24-25 Maxwell Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 7JD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BENTON, Anthony Henley→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2026-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOBSON, Joanna Claire→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2026-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEST, Andrew Brian, Rev→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2015-01-19 · resigned 2026-03-31
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Recent filings (30 total)
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officers · AP01
2026-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03