HADLEIGH AGRICULTURE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10197631 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-10📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-10-10📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-10-10📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-09-03✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-04📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-12-04📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2024-12-04📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-05-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-11-02📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-11-02📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-09-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-11-24📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-11-24📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2019-04-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-11-16➖HOGAN, Anne-Marie Claire resignedsecretary
- 2018-10-18➕HOGAN, Anne-Marie Claire appointedsecretary
- 2018-01-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-01-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-01-01➕MEADE, Frederick Martyn appointeddirector
- 2016-05-25🏢Company incorporatedAs HADLEIGH AGRICULTURE LIMITED
- 2016-05-25➕MEADE, Christopher Martyn appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-09-03: certificate-change-of-name-company
Group structure
Hadleigh Pvt Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Hadleigh Pvt Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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HADLEIGH AGRICULTURE LIMITED
This company · 10197631
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hadleigh Pvt Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/12/2022 |
Mr Christopher Martyn Meade Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| FOREST WILD TREES LTD→ 15018993 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Ailesbury Court
High Street
Marlborough
SN8 1AA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MEADE, Christopher Martyn→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2016-05-25
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MEADE, Frederick Martyn→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2018-01-01
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HOGAN, Anne-Marie Claire→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2018-10-18 · resigned 2018-11-16
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2018 | 17/04/2019 |
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Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-10-10
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-10-10
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-10-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-12-04
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-12-04
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-11-02