ALEXANDER & ANGELL (FARMS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01631054 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-26
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 42.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01460
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01470SIC 01470
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
103 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
1 year 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 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-08🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-12-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-12-04➕QUINN, Nicola Jane appointedsecretary
- 2025-12-04➖MAGUIRE, Jacqueline Mary resignedsecretary
- 2025-12-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-12-01➕HOPE, Sophie Jane appointeddirector
- 2018-06-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-09-30➖WITCOMB, Richard John resigneddirector
- 1998-04-28➕MAGUIRE, Jacqueline Mary appointedsecretary
- 1998-01-31➖SMITH, Ellen May resignedsecretary
- 1997-01-31➖BOWERS, Hilda Emma resignedsecretary
- 1997-01-31➕SMITH, Ellen May appointedsecretary
- 1994-01-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Faccenda Chicken Limited
- 1987-10-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1983-11-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER & ANGELL (FARMS) 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 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Alexander & Angell Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Alexander & Angell Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALEXANDER & ANGELL (FARMS) LIMITED
This company · 01631054
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander & Angell Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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
Incorporated1982-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01460 — SIC 01460
Registered office
Court Farm
Witcombe
Gloucester
GL3 4TU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
QUINN, Nicola Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
HOPE, Sophie Jane→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2018-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOWERS, Hilda Emma→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-01-31
MAGUIRE, Jacqueline Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 2025-12-04
SMITH, Ellen May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1998-01-31
WITCOMB, Richard John→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2000-09-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/05/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | Faccenda Chicken Faccenda Chicken Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 10/01/1994 | 08/05/2026 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 12/10/1987 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Further guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 23/11/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-12-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12