A.J. & R.PALMER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01708324 · ltd · incorporated 1983-03-22
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 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 33.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
0
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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2005-07-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-06-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1983-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs A.J. & R.PALMER LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PALMER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Rosemary Palmer Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Anthony John Palmer Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products
Registered office
Lloyds Bank Chambers High Street
Crediton
Devon
EX17 3AH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 09/06/1993 | 26/07/2005 |
Recent filings (104 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-04