BRILLIANT HARVEST FARMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10168134 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-07
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 03220SIC 03220
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-12-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-12
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-12-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-26
    JAMES, Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2016-05-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRILLIANT HARVEST FARMS LIMITED
  19. 2016-05-07
    INGVALDSON, Jeffrey Oliver appointed
    director
  20. 2016-05-07
    JAMES, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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 Jeffrey Oliver Ingvaldson
Individual · Canadian · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Jamesceased 26/09/2018· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · BA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
@ CLEEVE HILL LTD
11723541 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
ACREMAN FORESTRY LTD
08692688 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
BOYDSIDE LTD
10545647 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
BUCKLAND FARMS LIMITED
00511763 · est 1952 · no financials extracted
73y
BUCKS FARRIERS OF SOMERSET LIMITED
14889535 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
C R C STARR LTD
03368382 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
28y
C.E. BARNES & SONS (WAREHAM) LIMITED
01077339 · est 1972 · no financials extracted
53y
C&C TREE SERVICES LTD
14334586 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
CARTLEDGE AGRI LIMITED
14606415 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
CASSELS FARM LIMITED
00715521 · est 1962 · no financials extracted
64y
CASTLE FARM ORGANICS LIMITED
08403706 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
CAVY KRAZY [DORSET] LTD
14148896 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

9 Sadler Street
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2RR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

INGVALDSON, Jeffrey Oliver
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES, Michael
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-05-07 · resigned 2018-09-26
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-20