A.G. BUTLER & SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01071703 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 50.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 50.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 50.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £1 |
| Debtors | £1 |
| Net assets | £1 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-13➖WEST, Daphne Mary resigneddirector
- 2023-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2016-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-01-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2016-01-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1997-08-01➖NEWMAN, Terry Arthur resigneddirector
- 1995-09-13➕GILLANDERS, Jennifer Margaret appointeddirector
- 1995-09-13➕WEST, Edward Jeremy appointeddirector
- 1995-01-03➖BUTLER, Ebenezer Benjamin resigneddirector
- 1994-01-18➕WEST, Edward Jeremy appointedsecretary
- 1993-09-22➖WEST, Edward Jack resignedsecretary
- 1993-09-22➖WEST, Edward Jack resigneddirector
- 1976-03-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1976-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1972-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs A.G. BUTLER & SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Jeremy West Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 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
Incorporated1972-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
760 Green Lane
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 1YT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
WEST, Edward Jeremy→
Activesecretary · appointed 1994-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILLANDERS, Jennifer Margaret→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1995-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEST, Edward Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 1995-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEST, Edward Jack→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-09-22
BUTLER, Ebenezer Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~115y · resigned 1995-01-03
NEWMAN, Terry Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1997-08-01
WEST, Daphne Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · resigned 2023-03-13
WEST, Edward Jack→
Resigneddirector · ~116y · resigned 1993-09-22
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/03/1976 | 07/01/2016 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/03/1976 | 12/01/2016 |
Recent filings (105 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-25