AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02903217 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-28

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-30.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28302

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

29320SIC 29320
33120Repair of machinery

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 30.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £30,590

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£31k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↓ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-30.6k	£-23.5k
Current assets	£11.8k	£17.8k
Net assets	£-30.6k	£-23.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-18
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2024-08-29
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2023-07-26
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2022-08-31
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2021-08-23
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2020-08-21
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2019-07-08
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2018-06-26
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2017-11-09
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accounts · AA
2016-12-12
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2016-03-03
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-19
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accounts · AAMD
2015-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-04
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2014-11-27
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2010-02-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-12-07
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BRAY, Nigel John Wilson resigned
director
1996-06-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1995-02-28
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BRAY, Nigel John Wilson appointed
director
1994-02-28
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Company incorporated
As AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
1994-02-28
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HANSON, Olga Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1994-02-28
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HANSON, Trevor appointed
director
1994-02-28
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-02-28
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Hanson Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/02/2017
Mrs Samantha Hanson Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/02/2017

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

Incorporated1994-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28302 — SIC 28302

Registered office

25 Regent Street

Horbury

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF4 6EP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HANSON, Olga Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1994-02-28

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Active

HANSON, Trevor→

director · ~77y · appointed 1994-02-28

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-28 · resigned 1994-02-28

Resigned

BRAY, Nigel John Wilson→

director · ~71y · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 2005-12-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	Single debenture	1 property	18/06/1996	27/02/2010