FIDDLE FERN LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10600384 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
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| Total assets | — | £694.2k |
| Current assets | — | £90.9k |
| Net assets | — | £66.1k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-01📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-09-30📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-21🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-10-19➕OWEN, Annerley Rene appointeddirector
- 2018-08-29➖OWEN, Sandra Elizabeth Alice resigneddirector
- 2017-04-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-03-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-02-03🏢Company incorporatedAs FIDDLE FERN LIMITED
- 2017-02-03➕OWEN, Annerley Rene appointedsecretary
- 2017-02-03➕OWEN, Peter appointeddirector
- 2017-02-03➕OWEN, Sandra Elizabeth Alice appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Peter Owen Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 03/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sandra Elizabeth Alice Owenceased 29/08/2018· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520
Registered office
Appleby's Ice Cream Main Road
Conisholme
Louth
LN11 7LS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
OWEN, Annerley Rene→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OWEN, Annerley Rene→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2018-10-19
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Active
OWEN, Sandra Elizabeth Alice→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-02-03 · resigned 2018-08-29
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 21/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/11/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/04/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/03/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-10-01
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09