MERLOTT CHITTY FARMS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10513935 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01490SIC 01490
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees3000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
  4. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-07
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-21
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  12. 2020-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-07
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-08
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    address · AD01
  16. 2016-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As MERLOTT CHITTY FARMS LTD
  17. 2016-12-07
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    CHITTY, Christopher Cokayne Merlott appointed
    director
  18. 2016-12-07
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    MERLOTT CHITTY, Nathalie Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2016-12-07
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    MERLOTT CHITTY, Rupert Sven appointed
    director
  20. 2016-12-07
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHITTY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rupert Sven Merlott Chitty
Individual · British · DOB 12/1993 · age 33
50–75%
—50-75% shares07/12/2016
Mrs Nathalie Claire Merlott Chitty
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/12/2016

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
Incorporated2016-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Betton House
Betton
Market Drayton
TF9 4AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHITTY, Christopher Cokayne Merlott→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-12-07
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Active
MERLOTT CHITTY, Nathalie Claire→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-12-07
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Active
MERLOTT CHITTY, Rupert Sven→
director · ~33y · appointed 2016-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Oxbury Bank
Oxbury Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/08/2025—
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21