A.G. SEWELL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02216240 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-02
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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 32.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £1,679,700
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 3.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.68M | £1.62M |
| Current assets | £1.66M | £1.60M |
| Net assets | £1.68M | £1.62M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-15📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2016-03-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-01-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-11-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Northern Rock Building Society
- 1993-10-05➕STOREY, Vivien Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 1993-10-05➖STOREY, Michael George resigneddirector
- 1988-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs A.G. SEWELL LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +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
96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Robert Storey Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% 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
Incorporated1988-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Bellams Farm High Street
Longstowe
Cambridge
CB23 2UP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
Active
STOREY, Vivien Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1993-10-05
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STOREY, Michael George→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 1993-10-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Northern Rock Building Society | Mortgage debenture | 2 properties | 19/11/1993 | 16/01/2010 |
Recent filings (112 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11