G WHITTON AND SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03509518 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-12
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 28.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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, 1 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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-26➕TOWL, Claire Louise appointeddirector
- 2020-10-26➕WHITTON, James Matthew George appointeddirector
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2000-11-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1999-10-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1998-03-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1998-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs G WHITTON AND SON LIMITED
- 1998-02-12➕WHITTON, Andrew George appointedsecretary
- 1998-02-12➕WHITTON, Andrew George appointeddirector
- 1998-02-12➕WHITTON, Hilary Christine appointeddirector
- 1998-02-12➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-02-12➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHITTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew George Whitton Individual · British · DOB 03/1941 · age 85 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/02/2017 |
Mrs Hilary Christine Whitton Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/02/2017 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Oak House Farm
Daventry Road
Southam
Warwickshire
CV47 1NN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
WHITTON, Andrew George→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-02-12
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TOWL, Claire Louise→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-10-26
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WHITTON, Andrew George→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 1998-02-12
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WHITTON, Hilary Christine→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1998-02-12
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WHITTON, James Matthew George→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2020-10-26
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-12 · resigned 1998-02-12
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/11/2000 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 11/10/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 09/03/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (71 total)
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-11-07
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2025-02-13
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2024-12-09
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2024-02-15
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2023-12-21
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2023-03-01
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2022-12-21
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2022-02-14
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2022-02-03
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2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
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officers · AP01
2020-11-05