A. H. WARREN TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02589811 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-08
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 32.7y 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
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.7 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: high (83/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
105 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees45004400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-17
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    ARNOT, John Nicholas, Mr. resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-11-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  10. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-06-21
    ➖
    CLARK, Charles Francis Burnett resigned
    director
  14. 2018-12-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-12-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  16. 2018-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-12-04
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    PARSONS, Dale Nicholas resigned
    director
  22. 2013-11-22
    ➕
    CLARK, Charles Francis Burnett appointed
    director
  23. 2013-11-22
    ➕
    PARSONS, Dale Nicholas appointed
    director
  24. 2013-02-08
    ➕
    TUFTON, Matthew appointed
    secretary
  25. 2013-02-08
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Guy appointed
    director
  26. 2013-02-08
    ➕
    TUFTON, Matthew John appointed
    director
  27. 2013-01-28
    ➖
    COOK, Philip Anthony resigned
    secretary
  28. 2013-01-28
    ➖
    COOK, Philip Anthony resigned
    director
  29. 2011-02-24
    ➕
    ARNOT, John Nicholas, Mr. appointed
    director
  30. 2010-12-24
    ➖
    RALPHS, Sheila Nancy resigned
    director
  31. 1993-09-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  32. 1993-03-08
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1991-03-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. H. WARREN TRUST LIMITED
  34. 1991-03-08
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1991-03-08
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1991-03-08
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Group structure

A H Warren Trust Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A H Warren Trust Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A. H. WARREN TRUST LIMITED
This company · 02589811

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A H Warren Trust Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Coombe Farm
Crewkerne
Somerset
TA18 8RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

TUFTON, Matthew→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Guy→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-08
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Active
TUFTON, Matthew John→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-02-08
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Active
COOK, Philip Anthony→
secretary · resigned 2013-01-28
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-03-08 · resigned 1991-03-08
Resigned
ARNOT, John Nicholas, Mr.→
director · ~84y · appointed 2011-02-24 · resigned 2026-03-17
Resigned
CLARK, Charles Francis Burnett→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned
COOK, Philip Anthony→
director · ~72y · resigned 2013-01-28
Resigned
PARSONS, Dale Nicholas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2017-12-04
Resigned
RALPHS, Sheila Nancy→
director · ~96y · resigned 2010-12-24
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-03-08 · resigned 1993-03-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/11/2021—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—03/12/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/09/1993—
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Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09