HORSLEY BROOK FARMS LTD
🌳Matureactive
09496005 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-18
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 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£703.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive 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 7.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 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, 1 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £703,345
Cash YoY
+2472%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£44k
↑ 2472% YoY
Net Worth
£703k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£160k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £703.3k | £1.12M |
| Current assets | £160.1k | £201.2k |
| Cash | £44.4k | £1.7k |
| Debtors | £110.7k | £194.4k |
| Net assets | £703.3k | £489.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-01➕MCMAHON, Rory Edward appointeddirector
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-03-19➕MCMAHON, Rachel appointeddirector
- 2015-03-18🏢Company incorporatedAs HORSLEY BROOK FARMS LTD
- 2015-03-18➕MCMAHON, Rachel appointedsecretary
- 2015-03-18➕MCMAHON, Edward Sydney Arthur appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Sydney Arthur Mcmahon Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/03/2017 |
Mrs Rachel Mcmahon Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/03/2017 |
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
Incorporated2015-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Stables End Court Main Street
Market Bosworth
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV13 0JN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
MCMAHON, Edward Sydney Arthur→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-03-18
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MCMAHON, Rachel→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2018-03-19
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MCMAHON, Rory Edward→
Activedirector · ~24y · appointed 2025-03-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 25/09/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (32 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-13