BROMFIELD FARMS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12293129 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-01
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 5.9y 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: Activities of agricultural holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-02-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-11
    📍
    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  9. 2021-11-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-09-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-09-17
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  14. 2020-09-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2020-09-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-08-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  18. 2019-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BROMFIELD FARMS LIMITED
  19. 2019-11-01
    ARMSTRONG, Andrew Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-01
    ARMSTRONG, David Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2019-11-01
    ARMSTRONG, Harold William appointed
    director
  22. 2019-11-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Richard Armstrong
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2019
Mr Andrew Stephen Armstrong
Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Harold William Armstrongceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2019-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64201 — Activities of agricultural holding companies

Registered office

Bromfield Hall
Bromfield
Wigton
CA7 3NB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARMSTRONG, Andrew Stephen
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-11-01
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Active
ARMSTRONG, David Richard
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-11-01
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Active
ARMSTRONG, Harold William
director · ~77y · appointed 2019-11-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties27/08/2020
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Recent filings (23 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2021-11-11
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10