BAX FARM JUICE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09480242 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-10
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
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
28 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-17
    ➕
    FALAVIGNA, Beatriz appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-12-17
    ➖
    HADLOW, Julie resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-12-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-12-17
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2016-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BAX FARM JUICE LTD
  19. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    DOUBLEDAY, Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    DOUBLEDAY, Oliver Peter, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    DOUBLEDAY, Oliver Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    DOUBLEDAY, Philip appointed
    director
  23. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    HADLOW, Julie appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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

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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

Bax Farm House Lower Road
Tonge
Sittingbourne
ME9 9BU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

FALAVIGNA, Beatriz→
secretary · appointed 2024-12-17
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Active
DOUBLEDAY, Edward→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-03-10
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Active
DOUBLEDAY, Oliver Peter, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-03-10
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Active
DOUBLEDAY, Oliver Christopher→
director · ~35y · appointed 2015-03-10
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Active
DOUBLEDAY, Philip→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-03-10
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Active
HADLOW, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2024-12-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-10
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30