AUDLEY END FARMING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11248266 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£620.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £620,882

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£180k
Net Worth
£621k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Cash£179.7k
Net assets£620.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-03-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2022-03-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AUDLEY END FARMING LIMITED
  14. 2018-03-10
    ➕
    NEWMAN, Louise Dorothy Catherine appointed
    director
  15. 2018-03-10
    ➕
    PACKE, Andrew James appointed
    director
  16. 2018-03-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Louise Dorothy Catherine Newman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/03/2018

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
Incorporated2018-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Audley End Estate Office Bruncketts
Wendens Ambo
Essex
CB11 4JL
United Kingdom

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 · 0 resigned)

NEWMAN, Louise Dorothy Catherine→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PACKE, Andrew James→
director · ~75y · appointed 2018-03-10
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-03-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12