AGRIGROUP LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03134840 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-06
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
78 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2009-02-26🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2009-02-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2008-12-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-03-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-09-25➕JOHNSTON, Lorna appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-25➖JOHNSTON, Howard resignedsecretary
- 2002-09-25➖ROBLEY, Thomas William resigneddirector
- 1995-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRIGROUP LIMITED
- 1995-12-06➕JOHNSTON, Howard appointeddirector
- 1995-12-06➕JOHNSTON, Howard appointedsecretary
- 1995-12-06➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-12-06➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-12-06➕ROBLEY, Thomas William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 |
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Mr Howard Johnston Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Registered office
Dalmar House
Barras Lane Estate, Dalston
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA5 7NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
JOHNSTON, Howard→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1995-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSTON, Howard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-12-06 · resigned 2002-09-25
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-06 · resigned 1995-12-06
ROBLEY, Thomas William→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1995-12-06 · resigned 2002-09-25
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 25/02/2009 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 18/12/2008 | 26/02/2009 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/03/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (78 total)
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2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-07