HOME FARM AND LIVERY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11864267 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-06
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-295.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01621
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
24 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £295,648
Cash YoY
+294%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£18k
↑ 294% YoY
Net Worth
-£296k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 159% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-295.6k | £-256.1k |
| Current assets | £22.2k | £8.6k |
| Cash | £18.4k | £4.7k |
| Debtors | £3.8k | £3.9k |
| Net assets | £-295.6k | £-256.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-17➕CORFIELD, Kathleen Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2024-03-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-01-27➖MORGAN, John resigneddirector
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs HOME FARM AND LIVERY LTD
- 2019-03-06➕MORGAN, Jennifer Carol appointeddirector
- 2019-03-06➕MORGAN, John appointeddirector
- 2019-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jennifer Carol Morgan Individual · British · DOB 12/1945 · age 81 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/03/2019 |
Mrs Kathleen Elizabeth Corfield Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/09/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Morgan - Deceasedceased 01/09/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621
Registered office
Marnwood Hall Buildwas Road
Ironbridge
Telford
Shropshire
TF8 7BJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CORFIELD, Kathleen Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN, Jennifer Carol→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2019-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN, John→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2019-03-06 · resigned 2023-01-27
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Recent filings (24 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-16