BLADON FARMING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09515577 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-28
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£723.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
43 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 £723,155

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£723k
Current Assets
£759k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£723.2k
Current assets£758.9k
Net assets£723.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-03
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    BLADON, John Finch resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2020-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-05-22
    ➖
    BLADON, Alison Morag resigned
    director
  18. 2020-05-22
    ➖
    BLADON, Rebecca Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2020-05-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2020-04-28
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  21. 2020-04-28
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  22. 2020-04-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    BLADON, Frederick Mckno appointed
    director
  24. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    BLADON, James Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Camilla Mary appointed
    director
  26. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    WORRALL, Emma Jane appointed
    director
  27. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    BLADON, Alison Morag appointed
    director
  28. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    BLADON, Jack Dickinson appointed
    director
  29. 2020-04-01
    ➖
    BLADON, Jack Dickinson resigned
    director
  30. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    BLADON, Rebecca Ann appointed
    director
  31. 2015-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLADON FARMING LIMITED
  32. 2015-03-28
    ➕
    BLADON, Simon Mckno appointed
    director
  33. 2015-03-28
    ➕
    BLADON, John Finch appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLADON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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
Incorporated2015-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

34 Middle Street South
Driffield
YO25 6PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

BLADON, Frederick Mckno→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLADON, James Christopher→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLADON, Simon Mckno→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENNINGS, Camilla Mary→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WORRALL, Emma Jane→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLADON, Alison Morag→
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2020-05-22
Resigned
BLADON, Jack Dickinson→
director · ~36y · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2020-04-01
Resigned
BLADON, John Finch→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-03-28 · resigned 2026-01-03
Resigned
BLADON, Rebecca Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2020-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31