BARTON AGRICULTURE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12400488 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-13

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 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£2.12M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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

2 live charges · oldest 6.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,124,550

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,573,534 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2.1m

↓ 43% YoY

Current Assets

£853k

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£2.52M	£4.01M
Current assets	£852.7k	£825.1k
Cash	—	£177.2k
Debtors	£576.6k	£181.3k
Net assets	£2.12M	£3.70M

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-10-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2022-01-26
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2021-07-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-01-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-07
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BARTON, Karen Judith resigned
director
2020-10-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-06
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BARTON, George William appointed
director
2020-10-06
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BARTON, Harry Charles appointed
director
2020-10-06
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BARTON, Karen Judith appointed
director
2020-07-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-05-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-05-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-01-13
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Company incorporated
As BARTON AGRICULTURE LIMITED
2020-01-13
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BARTON, William Edward appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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.)

Group structure

W E Barton & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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W E Barton & Sons Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BARTON AGRICULTURE LIMITED

This company · 12400488

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
W E Barton & Sons Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	13/01/2020

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

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AYLESBY MANOR FARMS LIMITED→ 00507767 · est 1952 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	73y	—	—
B. WEBSTER AND SONS (EASTRINGTON) LIMITED→ 01393310 · est 1978 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	47y	—	—
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BANKS FARMS LIMITED→ 06436228 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
BASE - BELONGING & ACCEPTANCE IN SPACES FOR EVERYONE C.I.C.→ 16596542 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BAWTRY FARMS LIMITED→ 03443510 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	—	—
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BEECHGROVE FARMS LIMITED→ 01926915 · est 1985 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	40y	—	—
BELL GREEN FARM LTD→ 14657772 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
BH & C AG LTD→ 15522035 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
BIEGUN AGRICULTURAL LIMITED→ 08303553 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Hall Farm

Saundby

Retford

Nottinghamshire

DN22 9ER

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BARTON, George William→

director · ~42y · appointed 2020-10-06

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Active

BARTON, Harry Charles→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-10-06

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Active

BARTON, William Edward→

director · ~72y · appointed 2020-01-13

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Active

BARTON, Karen Judith→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-10-06 · resigned 2021-01-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	02/07/2020	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	20/05/2020	—

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-24

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2025-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2024-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-28

move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address

address · AD03

2022-01-26

change-sail-address-company-with-new-address

address · AD02

2022-01-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-26