ARCHERS @ RED BANK FARM LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10944192 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-04
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 8.5y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 55300SIC 55300
- 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 8.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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, 3 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2700 | 2600 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-12-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2017-09-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-09-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-09-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-09-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ARCHERS @ RED BANK FARM LIMITED
- 2017-09-04➕ARCHER, Alan James appointeddirector
- 2017-09-04➕ARCHER, John Matthew appointeddirector
- 2017-09-04➕ARCHER, Mark Andrew appointeddirector
- 2017-09-04➕DUKE, Michael appointeddirector
- 2017-09-04➖DUKE, Michael resigneddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARCHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Woodberry Secretarial Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Woodberry Secretarial Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ARCHERS @ RED BANK FARM LIMITED
This company · 10944192
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Woodberry Secretarial Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/09/2017 |
Mark Andrew Archer Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/09/2017 |
Alan James Archer Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/09/2017 |
John Matthew Archer Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/09/2017 |
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.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
20 Mannin Way Lancaster Business Park
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 3SW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ARCHER, Alan James→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2017-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARCHER, John Matthew→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARCHER, Mark Andrew→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUKE, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2017-09-04 · resigned 2017-09-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/12/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-29