GREEN PASTURES FARMING LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14437945 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-24
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£400.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -98% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.8y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 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
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £400,673
Cash draining
Cash down 98% YoY
Cash YoY
-98%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 98% YoY
Net Worth
£401k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£799k
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £446.5k | £303.4k |
| Current assets | £798.8k | £730.6k |
| Cash | £2.3k | £99.4k |
| Debtors | £129.5k | £56.3k |
| Net assets | £400.7k | £283.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-28📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-09-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-09-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-11-21📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2022-11-21📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2022-11-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-10-24🏢Company incorporatedAs GREEN PASTURES FARMING LTD
- 2022-10-24➕BROWN, Ben Robert appointeddirector
- 2022-10-24➕BROWN, Ian Robert appointeddirector
- 2022-10-24➕BROWN, Jessica Henrietta appointeddirector
- 2022-10-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, Ben Robert (same surname) appointed 2022-10-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ben Robert Brown Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | — | 75–100% | board control75-100% voting · board control | 24/10/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
Odstone Barn Farm Ibstock Road
Odstone
Nr Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV13 0RE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BROWN, Ben Robert→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2022-10-24
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BROWN, Ian Robert→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2022-10-24
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BROWN, Jessica Henrietta→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-10-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 15/09/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (19 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-15
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2022-11-21