A.W.GREEN AND SONS(FARMERS)LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00859202 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 60.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£84.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01410SIC 01410
- 01500SIC 01500
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 87). 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 · oldest 60.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 60.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £84,447
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £84.4k | £78.1k |
| Current assets | £59.6k | £56.4k |
| Net assets | £84.4k | £78.1k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-05-12➖GREEN, Walter Grahame resigneddirector
- 1998-01-11➖GREEN, Alfred William resigneddirector
- 1972-06-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1966-06-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1965-09-16🏢Company incorporatedAs A.W.GREEN AND SONS(FARMERS)LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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 "GREEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +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
76/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clive Green Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Grenville Green Individual · British · DOB 02/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Gilbert Green Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80 | 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
Incorporated1965-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Ivy Farm
Kinoulton
Nottingham
NG12 3EL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
GREEN, Alfred William→
Resigneddirector · ~125y · resigned 1998-01-11
GREEN, Walter Grahame→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 2012-05-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/06/1972 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 2 properties | 14/06/1966 | — |
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Recent filings (94 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-18