BLOOM FARMING LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14984800 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-06
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 2.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
12 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-12➕BLOOM, Margaret appointeddirector
- 2026-02-11➕RIGBY, Thomas Antony appointeddirector
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-02-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-06🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2025-02-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2024-03-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2023-07-06🏢Company incorporatedAs BLOOM FARMING LIMITED
- 2023-07-06➕BLOOM, James Cubitt appointeddirector
- 2023-07-06➕THORNTON, James Richard appointeddirector
- 2023-07-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLOOM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 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 James Cubitt Bloom Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/07/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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10 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Quarry House Cattle Hill
Warter
York
YO42 1XG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-19
Last: 2026-07-05
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BLOOM, James Cubitt→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2023-07-06
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BLOOM, Margaret→
Activedirector · ~89y · appointed 2026-02-12
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RIGBY, Thomas Antony→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2026-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THORNTON, James Richard→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/02/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/02/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (12 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-06