CLARKES FARM ORGANICS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15022495 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-24
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-46.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £46,650
Very low cash
Cash position: £8
Cash draining
Cash down 43% YoY
Cash YoY
-43%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8
↓ 43% YoY
Net Worth
-£47k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-46.6k | £-28.4k |
| Current assets | £4.1k | £3.1k |
| Cash | £8 | £14 |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £-46.6k | £-28.4k |
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 (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-30➕CLARKE, Jasmine appointeddirector
- 2023-10-30➕CLARKE, Jordan appointeddirector
- 2023-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-24🏢Company incorporatedAs CLARKES FARM ORGANICS LTD
- 2023-07-24➕CLARKE, Jeffrey Peter appointeddirector
- 2023-07-24➕CLARKE, Trudy May appointeddirector
- 2023-07-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
76/100
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 "CLARKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jordan Clarke Individual · British · DOB 09/2002 · age 24 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares · firm interest | 01/11/2023 |
Miss Jasmine Clarke Individual · British · DOB 09/1999 · age 27 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares · firm interest | 01/11/2023 |
Mr Jeffrey Peter Clarke Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/07/2023 |
Mrs Trudy May Clarke Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/07/2023 |
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
Incorporated2023-07-24
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
Clarkes Farm
Cwmduad
Carmarthen
SA33 6AU
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
CLARKE, Jasmine→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2023-10-30
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CLARKE, Jeffrey Peter→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-07-24
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CLARKE, Jordan→
Activedirector · ~24y · appointed 2023-10-30
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CLARKE, Trudy May→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2023-07-24
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Recent filings (10 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-24