AGRIE MACH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01279834 · ltd · incorporated 1976-10-04

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 39.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 39.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

131 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.

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
Average employees	8	800

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-10
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-11
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-11
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-03-11
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-07
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KALLMANN, Carolyn Louise appointed
director
2023-11-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-28
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-08-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2018-08-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-08-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-06-10
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Charge satisfied #3
2011-10-19
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KALLMANN, David Charles appointed
director
1999-11-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1996-01-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Venture Factors PLC
1995-06-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1992-11-02
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KALLMANN, Avon Margaret appointed
secretary
1992-01-16
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KALLMANN, George Benjamin appointed
director
1991-12-20
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CR SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1986-07-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1976-10-04
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Company incorporated
As AGRIE MACH 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KALLMANN, Carolyn Louise (same surname) appointed 2023-11-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Benjamin Kallmann Individual · German · DOB 07/1945 · age 81	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	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

Incorporated1976-10-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

16 Horsted Square Bellbrook Industrial Estate

Uckfield

East Sussex

TN22 1QG

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17