AGRI MARINE (EUROPE) LIMITED

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03122939 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-07
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.6y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (1 active, 12 linked, 5 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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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

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-03
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-09-08
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  4. 2023-01-12
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  5. 2023-01-07
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  6. 2022-06-20
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  7. 2021-12-09
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  8. 2020-12-23
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  9. 2019-10-29
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  11. 2018-10-26
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  12. 2018-10-03
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  13. 2017-11-14
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  14. 2017-05-23
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  15. 2016-11-22
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  16. 2008-12-31
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    NAIR, Ramachandran Narayanan resigned
    secretary
  17. 2008-10-13
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    AJIBULU, Vaughan resigned
    director
  18. 2008-10-10
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    ELIAS, Ehjaz appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-15
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    ELIAS, Ehjaz resigned
    director
  20. 2008-06-02
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    AJIBULU, Vaughan appointed
    director
  21. 2001-01-08
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    LAI, Olinda resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-01-08
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    NAIR, Ramachandran Narayanan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-01-08
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    QURESHI, Saeeda resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-07-01
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    QURESHI, Saeeda appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-09-01
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    LAI, Olinda appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-09-01
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    RASHEED, Shahid resigned
    secretary
  27. 1997-08-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hampshire Trust PLC
  28. 1997-03-06
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    PRESTON, William resigned
    secretary
  29. 1997-03-06
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    RASHEED, Shahid appointed
    secretary
  30. 1997-03-06
    ➖
    PRESTON, William resigned
    director
  31. 1997-03-01
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    MUTHU, Ramnathan resigned
    director
  32. 1996-10-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  33. 1996-09-19
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    PRESTON, William appointed
    secretary
  34. 1996-09-19
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    RASHEED, Shahid resigned
    secretary
  35. 1996-09-19
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    ELIAS, Ehjaz appointed
    director
  36. 1996-09-19
    ➕
    MUTHU, Ramnathan appointed
    director
  37. 1995-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRI MARINE (EUROPE) LIMITED
  38. 1995-11-07
    ➕
    RASHEED, Shahid appointed
    secretary
  39. 1995-11-07
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    NOTEHOLD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1995-11-07
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    NOTEHOLD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1995-11-07
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    PRESTON, William appointed
    director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ehjaz Elias
Individual · Indian · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest07/11/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated1995-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Daws House
33-35 Daws Lane
London
NW7 4SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 11 resigned)

ELIAS, Ehjaz→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAI, Olinda→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
NAIR, Ramachandran Narayanan→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-08 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
PRESTON, William→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-19 · resigned 1997-03-06
Resigned
QURESHI, Saeeda→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-01 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
RASHEED, Shahid→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-06 · resigned 1997-09-01
Resigned
RASHEED, Shahid→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-07 · resigned 1996-09-19
Resigned
NOTEHOLD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-07 · resigned 1995-11-07
Resigned
AJIBULU, Vaughan→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-06-02 · resigned 2008-10-13
Resigned
ELIAS, Ehjaz→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-09-19 · resigned 2008-08-15
Resigned
MUTHU, Ramnathan→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-09-19 · resigned 1997-03-01
Resigned
PRESTON, William→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-11-07 · resigned 1997-03-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hampshire Trust
Hampshire Trust PLC
Legal charge1 property27/08/1997—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Deposit agreement1 property07/10/1996—
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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2020-12-23
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2020-12-08