AG GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01601613 · ltd · incorporated 1981-12-03
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 41.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46140SIC 46140
- 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 41.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.9 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 (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
131 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1100 | 1300 |
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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-12-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-01➕CROWDER, Andrew James appointeddirector
- 2017-05-01➕PARKIN, Alexander John appointeddirector
- 2016-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-01➖RICKERS, Susan resignedsecretary
- 1997-01-01➖JOWETT, Philip Edward resigneddirector
- 1995-08-18➖PARKIN, Jeffrey resignedsecretary
- 1995-08-18➕RICKERS, Susan appointedsecretary
- 1993-12-24➖MORTLOCK, Kita resignedsecretary
- 1993-12-24➕PARKIN, Jeffrey appointedsecretary
- 1993-07-20➕JOWETT, Philip Edward appointeddirector
- 1993-02-28➖PARKIN, Jeffrey resignedsecretary
- 1993-02-28➖JORDAN, Stephen resigneddirector
- 1984-07-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorskhire Bank PLC
- 1981-12-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AG GROUP LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew James Crowder Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/03/2025 |
Mr Alexander John Parkin Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/03/2025 |
Mr Jeffrey Parkin Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77 | 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
Canon House
Harvest Lane
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8EF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
CROWDER, Andrew James→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2017-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARKIN, Alexander John→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2017-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTLOCK, Kita→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-12-24
PARKIN, Jeffrey→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-12-24 · resigned 1995-08-18
PARKIN, Jeffrey→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-02-28
RICKERS, Susan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-08-18 · resigned 2014-12-01
JORDAN, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 1993-02-28
JOWETT, Philip Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1993-07-20 · resigned 1997-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Yorskhire Bank Yorskhire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/07/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (131 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-04