ARC FARMING LTD

🌳Matureactive

09567164 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-29

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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-73.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01410

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £73,273

Cash YoY

+3481%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£20k

↑ 3481% YoY

Net Worth

-£73k

↑ 49% YoY

Current Assets

£775k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.12M	£1.20M
Current assets	£774.8k	£725.2k
Cash	£20.1k	£562
Debtors	£304.9k	£331.9k
Net assets	£-73.3k	£-144.0k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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2024-08-01
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accounts · AA
2023-05-12
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accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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accounts · AA
2021-08-11
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accounts · AA
2020-09-25
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accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-06-24
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capital · SH01
2019-06-19
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officers · AP01
2019-06-13
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accounts · AA
2019-06-01
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NORTH, Christopher John Robert appointed
director
2018-08-09
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accounts · AA
2017-07-17
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accounts · AA
2016-07-05
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accounts · AA
2016-02-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-13
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mortgage · MR01
2015-10-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-04-29
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Company incorporated
As ARC FARMING LTD
2015-04-29
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BOLEY, Adam John appointed
director
2015-04-29
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NORMAN, Christopher Geoffrey appointed
director
2015-04-29
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NORMAN, Richard Laurence appointed
director

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Laurence Norman Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Geoffrey Norman Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Adam John Boley Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-04-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

The Leen

Pembridge

Leominster

Herefordshire

HR6 9HN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BOLEY, Adam John→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-29

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Active

NORMAN, Christopher Geoffrey→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-04-29

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Active

NORMAN, Richard Laurence→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-29

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Active

NORTH, Christopher John Robert→

director · ~38y · appointed 2019-06-01

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/10/2015	—

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