MARKETHILL LIVESTOCK & FARM SALES LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI040006 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£2.70M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,695,684
Cash YoY
+159%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£140
↑ 159% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£4.0m
↑ 9.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£790k£1.6m£2.4m£3.2m£4.0mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£3.46M£3.47M
Current assets£3.95M£3.62M
Cash£140£54
Debtors£3.95M£3.61M
Net assets£2.70M£2.55M

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

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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  2. 2025-09-05
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  3. 2025-09-02
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  4. 2025-07-01
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  5. 2024-05-28
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  6. 2023-10-19
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  7. 2023-03-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-03-14
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  9. 2022-04-04
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  10. 2021-06-11
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-06-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  12. 2021-04-26
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  13. 2020-05-11
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  14. 2019-06-05
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  15. 2018-04-19
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  16. 2017-05-02
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  17. 2017-04-24
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    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2017-04-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  19. 2016-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2009-09-10
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  21. 2001-08-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Northern Bank LTD
  22. 2001-06-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Northern Bank LTD
  23. 2001-06-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank LTD
  24. 2001-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As MARKETHILL LIVESTOCK & FARM SALES LTD
  25. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    HEWITT, Sharon Carol appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    HEWITT, Hampton George appointed
    director
  27. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    HEWITT, Sharon Carol appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
8 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hampton George Hewitt
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-01-18
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

Quaker Buildings High Street
Lurgan
Craigavon
Co. Armagh
BT66 8BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HEWITT, Sharon Carol→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-18
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HEWITT, Hampton George→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-01-18
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Active
HEWITT, Sharon Carol→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-01-18
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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
8
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge2 properties02/09/2025—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property14/03/2023—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property11/06/2021—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property20/04/2017—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
Mortgage or charge1 property10/09/2009—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank LTD
Mortgage or charge2 properties16/08/2001—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank LTD
Mortgage or charge1 property25/06/2001—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank LTD
Mortgage or charge1 property25/06/2001—
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Recent filings (72 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22