A.G. DOWN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00731979 · ltd · incorporated 1962-08-08

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 45.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.64M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Operating as a long-established funeral services provider in Dorset, this business most likely handles the day-to-day arrangement and execution of funerals and related activities such as burial coordination, cremation services, and bereavement support for local families.

Primary activity: Funeral and related activities

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 45.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 45.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,636,275

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£203k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£1.6m

↑ 4.0% YoY

Current Assets

£476k

↑ 14% 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	£1.77M	£1.74M
Current assets	£475.6k	£418.5k
Cash	£202.9k	£167.5k
Debtors	£261.0k	£242.7k
Net assets	£1.64M	£1.57M

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

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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

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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officers · CH01
2026-05-01
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HUSSEY, Julian Thomas appointed
director
2026-05-01
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HUSSEY, Julian Thomas resigned
director
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-03-21
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mortgage · MR01
2025-03-20
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2024-10-17
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2022-07-28
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HUSSEY, George Thomas appointed
director
2022-07-28
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HUSSEY, Jasmine Rosina appointed
director
2022-07-28
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officers · AP01
2022-07-28
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officers · AP01
2021-11-02
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accounts · AA
2020-07-02
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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DUNFORD, Joyce Isobel Blanche resigned
secretary
2013-06-14
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-05-31
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-05-13
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HUSSEY, Karen appointed
director
2013-04-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2009-08-15
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HUSSEY, Julian Thomas appointed
director
1999-11-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1980-10-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
1962-08-08
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Company incorporated
As A.G. DOWN LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Eric John Dunford Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Joyce Isobel Blanche Dunford Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1962-08-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

66 South Street,

Bridport,

Dorset

DT6 3NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14