BYERLEY STUD (COURTLANDS) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12531602 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-24
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£162.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
15 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £162,266
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,056 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 82% YoY
Cash YoY
-82%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£162k
↓ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£293k
↓ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£61k£123k£184k£246k£307kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£203.5k£211.2k
Current assets£292.6k£307.3k
Cash£12.4k£67.7k
Debtors£106.3k£123.5k
Net assets£162.3k£176.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-01-30
    CLIFFORD-WARD, Jayne Samantha appointed
    director
  5. 2026-01-07
    CLIFFORD, Sarah Anne resigned
    director
  6. 2025-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BYERLEY STUD (COURTLANDS) LIMITED
  12. 2020-03-24
    BRADBURY, Ian appointed
    director
  13. 2020-03-24
    CLIFFORD, Howard Morris Wayne appointed
    director
  14. 2020-03-24
    CLIFFORD, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  15. 2020-03-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Howard Morris Wayne Clifford
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Sarah Anne Cliffordceased 07/01/2026· 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

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · SN postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ARROW FENCING LTD
15173494 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ASHBURY FARMS CONTRACTORS LIMITED
10772519 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
BAKER'S AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTING LIMITED
05214160 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
21y
BIRDSTONE LIMITED
01309918 · est 1977 · no financials extracted
48y
BROOME MANOR CATTERY LIMITED
17129470 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
BRYAN READ LIMITED
02496878 · est 1990 · no financials extracted
35y
BUTLER BROS.(AVEBURY)LIMITED
00554429 · est 1955 · no financials extracted
70y
CALON Y DYFFRYN LTD
15613580 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
CANNINGS CROSS FARMS LIMITED
02421165 · est 1989 · no financials extracted
36y
CARVER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
07140937 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
CHARLBURY FARMS (HINTON) LIMITED
00690838 · est 1961 · no financials extracted
64y
CHARLTON PARK STABLES LTD
11245962 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Courtlands Corsham Road
Thingley
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9QJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRADBURY, Ian
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD, Howard Morris Wayne
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD-WARD, Jayne Samantha
director · ~49y · appointed 2026-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD, Sarah Anne
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-03-24 · resigned 2026-01-07
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-03-24