CHILDS FARM ORCHARD LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14377864 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
8 filings
60
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
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1
Current assets£0
Net assets£1

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-01-08
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2022-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHILDS FARM ORCHARD LIMITED
  6. 2022-09-26
    CASTELL, John Edward appointed
    director
  7. 2022-09-26
    HIGHWAY, Peter John appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-26
    MILLER, John appointed
    director
  9. 2022-09-26
    📄
    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 79 — 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 79 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Mayplace
Hinton
Chippenham
SN14 8HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CASTELL, John Edward
director · ~73y · appointed 2022-09-26
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Active
HIGHWAY, Peter John
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-09-26
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Active
MILLER, John
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-09-26
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-26