BORLUM HOUSE FARM LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12791108 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01621SIC 01621
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £20,181
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,547 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£20k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£250k
↑ 331% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £349.4k | £185.8k |
| Current assets | £249.6k | £57.9k |
| Net assets | £20.2k | £21.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
5
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
12
filings
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 5 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Reward Finance Group Limited
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BORLUM HOUSE FARM LIMITED
- 2020-08-04➕BANE, Christopher Paul Phillip John appointeddirector
- 2020-08-04➕HACKNEY, Amie Lauren appointeddirector
- 2020-08-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Paul Phillip John Bane Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/08/2020 |
Ms Amie Lauren Hackney Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/08/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ALEXANDER LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ 11476825 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
197-201 Manchester Road
West Timperley
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 5NU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BANE, Christopher Paul Phillip John→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2020-08-04
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HACKNEY, Amie Lauren→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-08-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Reward Finance Group Reward Finance Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/04/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (23 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05