AGRICULTURAL CENTRAL TRADING LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

00713606 · ltd · incorporated 1962-01-24

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£128.88M

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46120SIC 46120

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 36.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

238 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £455,263

Turnover YoY

+5%

Year on year

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Turnover	£128.88M	£122.26M
Gross profit	£6.61M	£6.64M
Operating profit	£65.0k	£470.6k
Profit before tax	£455.3k	£762.9k
Average employees	9700	9000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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DAVEY, Ian Richard resigned
director
2026-02-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-13
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DEACON, Andrew appointed
director
2023-12-13
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CORFIELD, Malcolm George resigned
director
2023-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-15
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GRANT, Craig John appointed
director
2021-12-06
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BROWN, Gordon resigned
director
2021-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-01
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HAMILTON, John Dursley resigned
director
2021-01-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-01
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FOSTER, Glenn appointed
secretary
2020-06-30
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FELLOWS, Helen Mary Isabel resigned
secretary
2020-01-01
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FELLOWS, Helen Mary Isabel appointed
director
2019-11-30
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ROWLANDS, John Lewis resigned
director
2019-07-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2019-06-18
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NICKLIN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2019-04-17
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DUTTON, Simon John appointed
director
2018-11-28
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CARR, Frank resigned
director
2016-11-25
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SNAPE, Nigel Lars Mackay resigned
director
2016-11-24
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BEATY, Andrew John Sidney appointed
director
2015-10-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-02-13
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DAVEY, Ian Richard appointed
director
2013-12-06
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CHRISTENSEN, Poul Adrian resigned
director
2013-12-06
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HENDRY, George resigned
director
2012-12-07
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CORFIELD, Malcolm George appointed
director
2011-12-02
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BROWN, Gordon appointed
director
2011-07-01
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FELLOWS, Helen Mary Isabel appointed
secretary
2011-06-30
➖
WHITE, David Edward resigned
secretary
2010-12-03
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WALLBANK, Michael Dalesford resigned
director
2009-11-27
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CARR, Frank appointed
director
2009-02-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-02-27
➖
WOOLMER, Peter Rodney resigned
director
2007-10-03
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HAMILTON, John Dursley appointed
director
2007-06-27
➕
WOOLMER, Peter Rodney appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 74 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Andrew Nicklin Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

John Dursley Hamiltonceased 01/04/2021· 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

Incorporated1962-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

Grange Court Sitka Drive

Shrewsbury Business Park

Shrewsbury

SY2 6LG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04