BAMBURGH FARMS LTD

💤Zombieactive
09716128 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£15.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of agricultural holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £15,400

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£15k
↑ 15300% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↑ 15455% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£15kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£15.4k£100
Current assets£15.4k£99
Net assets£15.4k£100

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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-06-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-10
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-21
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    capital · SH06
  15. 2021-05-21
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    capital · SH03
  16. 2021-04-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2021-04-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-04-12
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    capital · SH01
  19. 2021-03-05
    HARRISON, Clare Elizabeth resigned
    director
  20. 2015-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BAMBURGH FARMS LTD
  21. 2015-08-04
    HARRISON, Michael Edmund appointed
    secretary
  22. 2015-08-04
    HARRISON, Michael Edmund appointed
    director
  23. 2015-08-04
    HARRISON, Clare Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Thomas Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Michael Edmund Harrisonceased 13/10/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mrs Clare Elizabeth Harrisonceased 01/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64201 — Activities of agricultural holding companies

Registered office

Baumber Park Farm
Baumber
Horncastle
Lincolnshire
LN9 5NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HARRISON, Michael Edmund
secretary · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active
HARRISON, Michael Edmund
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active
HARRISON, Clare Elizabeth
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-08-04 · resigned 2021-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17