ALNWICK FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00575515 · ltd · incorporated 1956-12-12

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 53.0y

40/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 53.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

21 officers (8 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £60,276

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Profit before tax	£-60.3k	£-13.9k
Average employees	23	2300

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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2025-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-31
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officers · AP01
2023-01-31
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officers · TM01
2023-01-18
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WILLIS, Stanton appointed
director
2023-01-18
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MANNERS, Christopher George resigned
director
2022-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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BENSON, Sarah Katherine appointed
secretary
2022-05-24
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officers · AP03
2022-04-29
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HILL, Karen Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2022-04-29
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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officers · AP01
2021-10-13
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officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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HARGREAVE, Nicholas Edward Hume appointed
director
2021-10-01
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JORDON, Michael Ronald appointed
director
2021-08-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-16
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officers · TM01
2021-07-31
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DAVY, George Andrew resigned
director
2021-02-10
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2020-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
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officers · TM01
2020-02-12
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WALTON, Joseph Andrew resigned
director
2019-10-29
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accounts · AA
2016-01-19
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CURRY, William John appointed
director
2016-01-19
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DAVY, Edward John appointed
director
2016-01-19
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FRATER, Douglas Stoker resigned
director
2014-06-10
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RYLE, William Younger resigned
director
2012-01-17
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DAVY, William Michael resigned
director
2012-01-17
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RYLE, William Younger appointed
director
2012-01-17
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WALTON, Joseph Andrew appointed
director
2010-11-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2007-02-20
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DAVY, George Andrew appointed
director
2001-04-05
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MANNERS, Ian Christopher resigned
director
1999-01-25
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DAVY, William Michael appointed
director
1998-07-14
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TULIP, Hugh resigned
director
1996-07-31
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ORD, James Alan resigned
director
1996-01-31
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FAIRGRIEVE, Ingram David resigned
secretary
1996-01-19
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ANNETT, Hugh Henry appointed
director
1996-01-09
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HILL, Karen Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1993-01-25
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BRODIE, John William resigned
director
1993-01-25
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MANNERS, Christopher George appointed
director
1992-08-01
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FAIRGRIEVE, Ingram David appointed
secretary
1992-07-31
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SANDERSON, Muriel Mary resigned
secretary
1973-05-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1956-12-12
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Company incorporated
As ALNWICK FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 69 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

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
Mr William Arthur Curry Individual · British · DOB 08/1941 · age 85	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/01/2017
Mr Hugh Henry Annett Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/01/2017

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Christopher George Mannersceased 18/01/2023· significant influence
Mr George Andrew Davyceased 31/07/2021· significant influence
Mr Joseph Andrew Waltonceased 12/02/2020· significant influence

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

Incorporated1956-12-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Acklington Auction Market

Acklington

Morpeth

Northumberland

NE65 9BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30