SEACON BEG FARM LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

NI644409 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-08

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 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	2	0

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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2025-05-29
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2024-05-28
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accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts · AA
2020-05-21
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accounts · AA
2019-04-02
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mortgage · MR01
2019-03-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2018-11-20
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accounts · AA
2018-10-22
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accounts · AA01
2018-03-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-03-14
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mortgage · MR01
2018-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-03-08
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Company incorporated
As SEACON BEG FARM LIMITED
2017-03-08
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CHESTNUTT, Doreen appointed
director
2017-03-08
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CHESTNUTT, James Alexander appointed
director
2017-03-08
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Doreen Chestnutt Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/03/2017
Mr James Alexander Chestnutt Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/03/2017

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

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NORTH DOWN GRAIN LIMITED→ NI017660 · est 1984	£1.38M £1.06M–£1.70M	—	—	5200	41y	88	74y
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SSI FARMS LIMITED→ NI665127 · est 2019	£344.6k £265.1k–£424.1k	—	—	300	6y	84	70y
WH BEACOM (FARMING) LTD→ NI631101 · est 2015	£270.0k £207.7k–£332.3k	—	—	0	11y	84	62y
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BAGOLD LIMITED→ NI071703 · est 2009	—	—	£15.46M	—	17y	83	62y
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MILLTOWN FARM LIMITED→ NI063677 · est 2007	—	—	—	200	19y	83	67y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-03-08

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

The Mill 55 Main Street

Stranocum

Ballymoney

Co. Antrim

BT53 8PQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHESTNUTT, Doreen→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-03-08

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CHESTNUTT, James Alexander→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-03-08

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	4 properties	29/03/2019	—
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	4 properties	12/03/2018	—

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