DK FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09398414 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-20
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
£2.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01630Post-harvest crop activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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, 2 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, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,297,354

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£2.3m
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£627k
↑ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£459k£919k£1.4m£1.8m£2.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.30M£1.74M
Current assets£626.7k£378.3k
Net assets£2.30M£1.74M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2024-12-30
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-17
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  6. 2021-02-04
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  7. 2019-11-05
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  8. 2018-12-19
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  9. 2017-12-07
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  10. 2016-10-17
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  11. 2016-08-23
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  12. 2016-08-23
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  13. 2016-03-31
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2016-02-01
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  15. 2015-07-30
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2015-01-28
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    BUSBY, Valerie Joyce appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-01-28
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    BUSBY, Thomas William appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As DK FARMS LIMITED
  19. 2015-01-20
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    BUSBY, Thomas Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-20
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    THORNTON, Claire appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Charles Busby
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Claire Victoria Thornton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Barclays Bank Chambers
Bridge Street
Stratford-Upon-Avon
CV37 6AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BUSBY, Valerie Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2015-01-28
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Active
BUSBY, Thomas William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-01-28
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Active
BUSBY, Thomas Charles→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-01-20
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Active
THORNTON, Claire→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-01-20
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-22