CHYKNELL HALL FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09679659 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 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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£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 employees00

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-11-05
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-10-29
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-10-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-10-23
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    CANONICA, Guerric Roger resigned
    director
  16. 2019-10-23
    ➖
    HOARE, Patrick Henry Edward resigned
    director
  17. 2019-10-21
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    WEBSTER, Jonathan Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2019-10-21
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    ZU SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-SAYN, Corinna appointed
    director
  19. 2019-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2019-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2019-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2019-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2015-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CHYKNELL HALL FARMS LIMITED
  24. 2015-07-09
    ➕
    CANONICA, Guerric Roger appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-09
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    HOARE, Patrick Henry Edward 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

New Quadrant Trust Corporation Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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New Quadrant Trust Corporation Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CHYKNELL HALL FARMS LIMITED
This company · 09679659

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
New Quadrant Trust Corporation Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/05/2019
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Patrick Henry Edward Hoareceased 03/05/2019· significant influence
  • Guerric Roger Canonicaceased 03/05/2019· 75-100% shares
  • Alexander Ostrowskyceased 03/05/2019· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Tom Croxall Ingramceased 09/10/2017· significant influence

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
Incorporated2015-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Chyknell Hall
Chyknell
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV15 5PP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WEBSTER, Jonathan Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZU SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-SAYN, Corinna→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CANONICA, Guerric Roger→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-09 · resigned 2019-10-23
Resigned
HOARE, Patrick Henry Edward→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-07-09 · resigned 2019-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-14