ARTISAN FARM LIMITED

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09873445 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees91000

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2024-01-24
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-07
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    STEFANOVIC, Aleksandr appointed
    director
  8. 2022-10-07
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    BRIDGE, Thomas James resigned
    director
  9. 2022-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-10-07
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-08
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-06-08
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-06-05
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    BRIDGE, Thomas James appointed
    director
  16. 2020-06-05
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    IVANOV, Vasily resigned
    director
  17. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-29
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  19. 2018-06-08
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-06-04
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    TOWNSEND, Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2018-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2018-05-24
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    IVANOV, Vasily appointed
    director
  23. 2017-12-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  24. 2017-08-31
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    SHARIN, Karina resigned
    director
  25. 2017-08-31
    ➕
    TOWNSEND, Stephen appointed
    director
  26. 2017-08-07
    ➖
    KONOVALOV, Vassili resigned
    director
  27. 2017-08-07
    ➕
    SHARIN, Karina appointed
    director
  28. 2016-08-01
    ➖
    DEINIS, Olgerts resigned
    director
  29. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    KONOVALOV, Vassili appointed
    director
  30. 2015-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN FARM LIMITED
  31. 2015-11-16
    ➕
    DEINIS, Olgerts appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Elena Baturina
Individual · Cypriot · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512

Registered office

23 Grosvenor Street
London
W1K 4QL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

STEFANOVIC, Aleksandr→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIDGE, Thomas James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-06-05 · resigned 2022-10-07
Resigned
DEINIS, Olgerts→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-11-16 · resigned 2016-08-01
Resigned
IVANOV, Vasily→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-05-24 · resigned 2020-06-05
Resigned
KONOVALOV, Vassili→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2017-08-07
Resigned
SHARIN, Karina→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-08-07 · resigned 2017-08-31
Resigned
TOWNSEND, Stephen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-08-31 · resigned 2018-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05