BARLEYCOMBE FARM ESTATE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11728588 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-14
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
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-03-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BARLEYCOMBE FARM ESTATE LTD
- 2018-12-14➕WITTS-DAVIES, Graham George appointedsecretary
- 2018-12-14➕DAVIES, Anne-Marie appointeddirector
- 2018-12-14➕WITTS-DAVIES, Graham George appointeddirector
- 2018-12-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 |
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Mr Graham George Witts-Davies Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 14/12/2018 |
Ms Anne-Marie Davies Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 14/12/2018 |
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.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Barleycombe Farm
Avonwick
South Brent
TQ10 9EX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
WITTS-DAVIES, Graham George→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-12-14
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DAVIES, Anne-Marie→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-12-14
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WITTS-DAVIES, Graham George→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2018-12-14
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Recent filings (19 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16