UNITED OILSEEDS MARKETING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01466898 · ltd · incorporated 1979-12-14
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.
🔒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: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 38.8y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
40 officers (8 active, 40 linked, 33 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
178 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,218,125

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Profit before tax£1.22M
Average employees30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-09-24
    BARR, Andrew David appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-12
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    second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
    officers · RP04TM01
  7. 2024-08-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-07-31
    STUART, Troy resigned
    director
  9. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-09-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-07-01
    WARNER, James appointed
    director
  13. 2023-07-01
    BALDWIN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  14. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-07-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-06-30
    WESTGARTH, Timothy Peter resigned
    director
  20. 2020-04-01
    SULLIVAN, Robert James appointed
    director
  21. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-07-01
    JACKSON, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  24. 2018-04-19
    ELLIOT, John Andrew resigned
    director
  25. 2018-03-01
    MCGREGOR, Colin Sharp appointed
    director
  26. 2017-12-31
    WISELY, Norman Robertson resigned
    director
  27. 2016-06-01
    CASEY, Helen appointed
    director
  28. 2016-05-31
    PURDY, David Lee resigned
    secretary
  29. 2016-05-31
    PURDY, David Lee resigned
    director
  30. 2014-11-18
    TOPHAM, William George resigned
    director
  31. 2013-04-30
    ROWSELL, Giles John resigned
    director
  32. 2013-01-01
    WESTGARTH, Timothy Peter appointed
    director
  33. 2012-08-01
    HALL, Richard Anthony appointed
    director
  34. 2012-06-30
    DUGDALE, David John, The Honourable resigned
    director
  35. 2010-06-30
    JACKSON, Jonathan Frank resigned
    director
  36. 2009-07-01
    CRAGG, Andrew Temple appointed
    director
  37. 2009-07-01
    STUART, Troy appointed
    director
  38. 2009-06-30
    OLDFIELD, John Francis resigned
    director
  39. 2007-07-01
    TOPHAM, William George appointed
    director
  40. 2006-04-14
    MANNERS, John resigned
    director
  41. 2005-09-01
    BALDWIN, Christopher John resigned
    secretary
  42. 2005-08-30
    PURDY, David Lee appointed
    secretary
  43. 2005-08-30
    PURDY, David Lee appointed
    director
  44. 2005-08-12
    BALDWIN, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  45. 2005-08-12
    SEWELL, David Martin resigned
    secretary
  46. 2005-08-12
    SEWELL, David Martin resigned
    director
  47. 2004-01-20
    BALDWIN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  48. 2003-08-19
    WISELY, Norman Robertson appointed
    director
  49. 2003-07-15
    ELLIOT, John Andrew appointed
    director
  50. 2003-07-15
    ROWSELL, Nicholas Giles John resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 88 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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.

Group structure

United Oilseed Producers Limted is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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United Oilseed Producers Limted
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
UNITED OILSEEDS MARKETING LIMITED
This company · 01466898

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
United Oilseed Producers Limted
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

St James House St. James Place
Gains Lane
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1FB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (8 active · 32 resigned)

BARR, Andrew David
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-09-24
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Active
CASEY, Helen
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-06-01
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Active
CRAGG, Andrew Temple
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
HALL, Richard Anthony
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-08-01
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Active
JACKSON, Benjamin James
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-07-01
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Active
MCGREGOR, Colin Sharp
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-03-01
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Active
SULLIVAN, Robert James
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
WARNER, James
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-07-01
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Active
BALDWIN, Christopher John
secretary · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
CLARKE, John
secretary · appointed 1996-06-30 · resigned 1997-09-15
Resigned
FARROW, Martin
secretary · appointed 1997-09-15 · resigned 2000-07-11
Resigned
LEWIS, Francis Leslie
secretary · resigned 1992-09-08
Resigned
PURDY, David Lee
secretary · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2016-05-31
Resigned
SEWELL, David Martin
secretary · appointed 2000-07-11 · resigned 2005-08-12
Resigned
WHEELER, Ian Andrew
secretary · appointed 1992-09-08 · resigned 1996-06-30
Resigned
BALDWIN, Christopher John
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-20 · resigned 2023-07-01
Resigned
BATTERBEE, John Edward, Dr
director · ~88y · appointed 1994-01-18 · resigned 1998-07-22
Resigned
CARTER, Denis Victor, Lord
director · ~96y · resigned 1997-05-15
Resigned
CLARKE, John
director · ~71y · appointed 1996-06-30 · resigned 1997-09-15
Resigned
DRYSDALE, John Macdonald
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-07-08 · resigned 2002-12-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.
Debenture1 property15/05/199715/01/1999
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/05/1997
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balance1 property26/04/198826/04/1997
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Charge1 property26/08/198725/07/1997
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Charge1 property26/08/198725/07/1997
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Recent filings (178 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-27
second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
officers · RP04TM01
2024-09-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02