AGRO EXPORTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01555485 · ltd · incorporated 1981-04-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£119.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £119,185
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£119k
↑ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£142k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £121.0k | £59.6k |
| Current assets | £142.3k | £109.0k |
| Cash | — | £99.0k |
| Net assets | £119.2k | £59.6k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-05-30➖SUTTON, Benjamin resigneddirector
- 2011-05-30➖SUTTON, Timothy resigneddirector
- 1981-04-09🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRO EXPORTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 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 45 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nicholas Sutton Individual · British · DOB 07/1940 · age 86 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AETHERCRAFT GLOBAL LTD→ 16058805 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AETHERIUM TRADE LTD→ 16614961 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| AGO TRADING LTD→ 16541801 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGR INVEST LTD→ 14498945 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140
Registered office
Ivy House Farm
Gorsley
Ross-On-Wye
HR9 7SL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
SUTTON, Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · resigned 2011-05-30
SUTTON, Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · resigned 2011-05-30
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Recent filings (92 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-22