ARGOFIELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02809465 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-15
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees—4200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-22
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  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-20
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  8. 2019-03-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-31
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2004-09-06
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    DEAMER, Richard James appointed
    director
  17. 2004-09-06
    ➕
    DEAMER, Russell John appointed
    director
  18. 1993-09-01
    ➕
    DEAMER, Ann Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 1993-09-01
    ➕
    DEAMER, Ann Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 1993-08-31
    ➖
    PICKARD, Keith resigned
    secretary
  21. 1993-08-31
    ➖
    PICKARD, Keith resigned
    director
  22. 1993-06-15
    ➕
    DEAMER, Robert Michael appointed
    director
  23. 1993-06-15
    ➕
    PICKARD, Keith appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-06-15
    ➕
    PICKARD, Keith appointed
    director
  25. 1993-05-28
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-05-28
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1993-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGOFIELD LIMITED
  28. 1993-04-15
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1993-04-15
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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 Richard James Deamer
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Russell John Deamer
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Clan House
Denmark Street
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7BN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

DEAMER, Ann Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAMER, Ann Margaret→
director · ~84y · appointed 1993-09-01
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Active
DEAMER, Richard James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-09-06
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Active
DEAMER, Robert Michael→
director · ~84y · appointed 1993-06-15
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Active
DEAMER, Russell John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-09-06
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Active
PICKARD, Keith→
secretary · appointed 1993-06-15 · resigned 1993-08-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-04-15 · resigned 1993-05-28
Resigned
PICKARD, Keith→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-06-15 · resigned 1993-08-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-04-15 · resigned 1993-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

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2026-03-30
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2025-09-11
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2025-03-31
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2024-09-17
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accounts · AA
2024-03-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-15