C M GRAHAM FARMING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11481273 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-24

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 3.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 3.6y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-24
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officers · AP01
2025-01-24
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GRAHAM, George appointed
director
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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accounts · AA01
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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mortgage · MR01
2022-10-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-08-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-31
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GRAHAM, George resigned
director
2018-07-24
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Company incorporated
As C M GRAHAM FARMING LTD
2018-07-24
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GRAHAM, Alice appointed
director
2018-07-24
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GRAHAM, Caroline appointed
director
2018-07-24
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GRAHAM, Henry Michael appointed
director
2018-07-24
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HARRIS, Laura appointed
director
2018-07-24
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GRAHAM, George appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRAHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Caroline Graham Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/07/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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ARROW FENCING LTD→ 15173494 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ASHBURY FARMS CONTRACTORS LIMITED→ 10772519 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
BAKER'S AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTING LIMITED→ 05214160 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
BERRYFIELD SERVICES LTD→ 14135530 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
BIRDSTONE LIMITED→ 01309918 · est 1977 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	48y	—	—
BROOME MANOR CATTERY LIMITED→ 17129470 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BRYAN READ LIMITED→ 02496878 · est 1990 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	—	—
BUTLER BROS.(AVEBURY)LIMITED→ 00554429 · est 1955 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	70y	—	—
C.E. DAVIS & COMPANY (MARSHFIELD) LIMITED→ 00380802 · est 1943 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	82y	—	—
CALON Y DYFFRYN LTD→ 15613580 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
CANNINGS CROSS FARMS LIMITED→ 02421165 · est 1989 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	—	—
CANON COURT FARM LIMITED→ 04572509 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-07-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Unit 2 Greenways Business Park

Bellinger Close

Chippenham

SN15 1BN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

GRAHAM, Alice→

director · ~34y · appointed 2018-07-24

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Active

GRAHAM, Caroline→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-07-24

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Active

GRAHAM, George→

director · ~38y · appointed 2025-01-24

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Active

GRAHAM, Henry Michael→

director · ~31y · appointed 2018-07-24

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Active

HARRIS, Laura→

director · ~36y · appointed 2018-07-24

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Active

GRAHAM, George→

director · ~38y · appointed 2018-07-24 · resigned 2022-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	24/10/2022	—

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-09