HILLMANS FARM (NORTH) LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12252148 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-09
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
£401.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £401,163
Net assets shrinking
Down £205 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£401k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £401.2k | £401.4k |
| Current assets | £2 | £2 |
| Debtors | £2 | £2 |
| Net assets | £401.2k | £401.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-27📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-01-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-04-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-10-09🏢Company incorporatedAs HILLMANS FARM (NORTH) LIMITED
- 2019-10-09➕KNIGHT, Alan Cecil appointeddirector
- 2019-10-09➕KNIGHT, Janet Irene appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Cecil Knight Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/10/2019 |
Mrs Janet Irene Knight Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/10/2019 |
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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| HIGHER FARM OPERATIONS LTD→ 16846508 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
3 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KNIGHT, Alan Cecil→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNIGHT, Janet Irene→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2019-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25