E & T FARMING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10663630 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-10
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 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£135.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.6y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £135,498
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£135k
Current Assets
£192k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £135.5k |
| Current assets | £192.0k |
| Net assets | £135.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-04-30➖PATON, Mark Thomas Fyfe resigneddirector
- 2020-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs E & T FARMING LIMITED
- 2017-03-10➕CROALL, Susan Mary appointeddirector
- 2017-03-10➕PATON, Melanie Mary appointeddirector
- 2017-03-10➕PATON, Mark Thomas Fyfe appointeddirector
- 2017-03-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Melanie Mary Paton Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | 50–75% | — | board control50-75% shares · board control | 10/03/2017 |
Mrs Susan Mary Croall Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 10/03/2017 |
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
Incorporated2017-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
8 Linnet Court
Cawledge Business Park
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 2GD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CROALL, Susan Mary→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2017-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATON, Melanie Mary→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATON, Mark Thomas Fyfe→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-03-10 · resigned 2021-04-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/12/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-13