A.R. CARLISLE & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00465159 · ltd · incorporated 1949-03-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.91M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £1,909,372
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£659k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.98M | £1.96M |
| Current assets | £1.01M | £958.0k |
| Cash | £659.2k | £490.3k |
| Debtors | £46.8k | £133.0k |
| Net assets | £1.91M | £1.88M |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-11-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-01-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-11-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2004-12-09➕CARLISLE, James Andrew Russell appointeddirector
- 1998-06-18➕CARLISLE, Mark Andrew Russell appointedsecretary
- 1998-06-18➖FOSTER, Christopher Stanley resignedsecretary
- 1996-02-29➖CARLISLE, Malcolm Russell resignedsecretary
- 1996-02-29➖CARLISLE, Malcolm Russell resigneddirector
- 1996-02-05➕FOSTER, Christopher Stanley appointedsecretary
- 1949-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs A.R. CARLISLE & SONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARLISLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 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
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 James Andrew Russell Carlisle Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Julia Channing Carlisle Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated1949-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Oldfield Farm
Henlow
Beds
SG16 6EJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
CARLISLE, Mark Andrew Russell→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-06-18
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CARLISLE, James Andrew Russell→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2004-12-09
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Active
CARLISLE, Malcolm Russell→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1996-02-29
FOSTER, Christopher Stanley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-02-05 · resigned 1998-06-18
CARLISLE, Malcolm Russell→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 1996-02-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/11/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2024-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-02