HILDARE STUD FARM LIMITED
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-2.68M | £-2.00M |
| Current assets | £679.4k | £997.2k |
| Cash | £91.2k | £355.4k |
| Debtors | £13.2k | £26.7k |
| Net assets | £-2.69M | £-2.04M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-08-28📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs HILDARE STUD FARM LIMITED
- 2020-08-11➕SIMS-HILDITCH, Hugh John appointedsecretary
- 2020-08-11➕SIMS-HILDITCH, Anna Marion appointeddirector
- 2020-08-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hugh John Sims-Hilditch Individual · British · DOB 03/1938 · age 88 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest | 11/08/2020 |
Mrs Anna Marion Sims-Hilditch Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest | 11/08/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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