BLUEBELL FARM (KENT) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11279244 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
25 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-22
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  4. 2024-02-22
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  5. 2024-02-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-31
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  11. 2019-04-03
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  12. 2019-04-03
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  13. 2019-04-03
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  14. 2018-04-03
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  15. 2018-04-03
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  16. 2018-03-29
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUEBELL FARM (KENT) LIMITED
  18. 2018-03-27
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    COOK, Barry Ronald appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-27
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    COOK, Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2018-03-27
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    DUKE, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2018-03-27
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    DUKE, Michael resigned
    director
  22. 2018-03-27
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

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

Group structure

Errai Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Errai Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BLUEBELL FARM (KENT) LIMITED
This company · 11279244

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Errai Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares20/02/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Gillian Cookceased 20/02/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Barry Cookceased 20/02/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2018-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Melbury House
34 Southborough Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 2EB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COOK, Barry Ronald→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Gillian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUKE, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-27 · resigned 2018-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30