AGT INNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03389606 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-20

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1400	1400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2025-01-19
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accounts · AA
2024-03-18
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accounts · AA
2022-09-13
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accounts · AA
2022-03-02
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accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts · AA
2020-10-22
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mortgage · MR01
2020-10-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-01-06
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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accounts · AA
2017-11-14
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accounts · AA
2016-12-28
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accounts · AA
2016-06-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-01
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accounts · AA
2015-06-20
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2014-08-05
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accounts · AA
2014-06-20
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annual-return · AR01
2011-01-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-06-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-04-25
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BISHOP, Andrew John appointed
secretary
2001-04-25
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BOLT BURDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-12-10
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BURDON, Lynne Carol resigned
secretary
1998-12-10
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BOLT BURDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1997-07-18
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PHEBY, Thomas George resigned
director
1997-06-20
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Company incorporated
As AGT INNS LIMITED
1997-06-20
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BISHOP, Andrew John appointed
director
1997-06-20
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PARKER, Gregory Lance appointed
director
1997-06-20
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BURDON, Lynne Carol appointed
secretary
1997-06-20
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-20
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-20
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PHEBY, Thomas George appointed
director
1997-06-20
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HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-06-20
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HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Bishop Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/12/2016

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

Incorporated1997-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

88 Tooley Street

London

SE1 2TF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BISHOP, Andrew John→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-25

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Active

BISHOP, Andrew John→

director · ~61y · appointed 1997-06-20

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Active

PARKER, Gregory Lance→

director · ~74y · appointed 1997-06-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BURDON, Lynne Carol→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-20 · resigned 1998-12-10

Resigned

BOLT BURDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-12-10 · resigned 2001-04-25

Resigned

HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-20 · resigned 1997-06-20

Resigned

PHEBY, Thomas George→

director · ~66y · appointed 1997-06-20 · resigned 1997-07-18

Resigned

HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-20 · resigned 1997-06-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	16/10/2020	—
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	08/06/2001	15/01/2011

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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-18

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-13

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-02

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-02

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mortgage · MR01

2020-10-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-01-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-06-24