A.H. WORTH (FARMS)

🌳Matureactive

00530656 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1954-03-19

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-06-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-26
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WORTH, Benjamin appointed
director
2020-06-26
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TAYLOR, Martin John resigned
director
2020-06-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-24
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second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
document-replacement · RP04TM01
2017-09-01
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HENSON, Mark Richard appointed
secretary
2017-06-23
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BLATHERWICK, Antony James resigned
secretary
2017-06-23
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BLATHERWICK, Antony James resigned
director
2017-06-23
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TAYLOR, Martin John appointed
director
2016-01-20
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BLATHERWICK, Antony James appointed
director
2016-01-12
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WORTH, Stephen Tom resigned
director
2010-11-28
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BLATHERWICK, Antony James appointed
secretary
2010-09-13
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RIMMER, Christopher William resigned
secretary
2002-04-11
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GARDINER, Robert Evelyn Napier resigned
director
2002-03-14
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RIMMER, Christopher William appointed
secretary
2002-03-14
➖
SAGE, Patrick John resigned
secretary
2000-09-21
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NEWTON, Ian Eric resigned
secretary
2000-09-21
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SAGE, Patrick John appointed
secretary
1996-11-05
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GARDINER, Robert Evelyn Napier appointed
director
1994-08-25
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WORTH, George Arthur resigned
director
1954-03-19
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Company incorporated
As A.H. WORTH (FARMS)

Owner dependency

89/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WORTH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

A H Worth And Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A H Worth And Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A.H. WORTH (FARMS)

This company · 00530656

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A H Worth And Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	30/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-unlimited

Incorporated1954-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

A H Worth

Washway Road

Spalding

Lincs.

PE12 6LQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-27

Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

HENSON, Mark Richard→

secretary · appointed 2017-09-01

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Active

WORTH, Benjamin→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-06-26

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Active

WORTH, Duncan Richard→

director · ~61y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLATHERWICK, Antony James→

secretary · appointed 2010-11-28 · resigned 2017-06-23

Resigned

NEWTON, Ian Eric→

secretary · resigned 2000-09-21

Resigned

RIMMER, Christopher William→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-14 · resigned 2010-09-13

Resigned

SAGE, Patrick John→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-21 · resigned 2002-03-14

Resigned

BLATHERWICK, Antony James→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-20 · resigned 2017-06-23

Resigned

GARDINER, Robert Evelyn Napier→

director · ~85y · appointed 1996-11-05 · resigned 2002-04-11

Resigned

TAYLOR, Martin John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-06-23 · resigned 2020-06-26

Resigned

WORTH, George Arthur→

director · ~119y · resigned 1994-08-25

Resigned

WORTH, Stephen Tom→

director · ~59y · resigned 2016-01-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-03-18

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-20

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2024-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-02-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-10-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-02-19