CAINS FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09437247 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-12
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 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£232.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £232,035
Cash YoY
+370%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£68k
↑ 370% YoY
Net Worth
£232k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£46k£93k£139k£186k£232kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£67.9k£14.4k
Net assets£232.0k£98.8k

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.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-20
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-28
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    BROWN, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-28
    ➕
    BROWN, Rory Edward appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-28
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-03-28
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  8. 2023-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-01
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-31
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  13. 2018-12-24
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  14. 2017-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-06-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2016-11-10
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CAINS FARM LIMITED
  19. 2015-02-12
    ➕
    BROWN, Colin Ashley 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 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, Benjamin James (same surname) appointed 2024-03-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Ashley Brown
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Albert Goodman
Lupin Way
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8WW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Benjamin James→
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-03-28
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BROWN, Colin Ashley→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-02-12
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Active
BROWN, Rory Edward→
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—22/06/2017—
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10