AGILE CLARITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01831032 · ltd · incorporated 1984-07-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 41.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£75.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 41.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 41.3 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
110 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,473
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,310 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£75k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£35k£52k£69k£87kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£75.5k£86.8k
Current assets£17.3k£28.8k
Net assets£75.5k£86.8k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-05-19
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  6. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-04-01
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    MYATT, Jennifer Charlotte appointed
    director
  10. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-22
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  13. 2019-01-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2018-12-05
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-05-09
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  16. 2017-05-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-06
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    WOODNUTT, David resigned
    director
  18. 2015-10-26
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    SMITH, Benjamin Cameron appointed
    director
  19. 1997-11-01
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    WOODNUTT, David appointed
    director
  20. 1985-02-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 1984-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AGILE CLARITY LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Cameron Smith
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/01/2019
Ms Alison Deborah Bierman
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Woodnuttceased 06/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Chandos House, School Lane
Buckingham
Bucks
MK18 1HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

BIERMAN, Alison Deborah→
secretary
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Active
BIERMAN, Alison Deborah→
director · ~70y
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Active
MANISTY, Michael Eldon→
director · ~78y
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Active
MYATT, Jennifer Charlotte→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
SMITH, Benjamin Cameron→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-10-26
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Active
WOODNUTT, David→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-11-01 · resigned 2017-05-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/02/1985—
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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16