ATHERTREND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03571392 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-887.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £887,510

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
Net Worth
-£888k
Current Assets
£125k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-887.5k
Current assets£124.9k
Cash£81.0k
Debtors£43.9k
Net assets£-887.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-20
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2024-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-06-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-12
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Paul Francis resigned
    director
  19. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Frederic George appointed
    director
  20. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Henry Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Sally Louise appointed
    director
  22. 1998-06-08
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Sally Louise appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-08
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-06-08
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  25. 1998-06-08
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1998-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ATHERTREND LIMITED
  27. 1998-05-28
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-05-28
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sally Louise Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/01/2018
Mr Frederic George Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1996 · age 30
——sig. influencesignificant influence11/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Garden House, 20a Church Street
Rothersthorpe
Northampton
NN7 3JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ROBINSON, Sally Louise→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Frederic George→
director · ~30y · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Henry Francis→
director · ~32y · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Sally Louise→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-28 · resigned 1998-06-08
Resigned
ROBINSON, Paul Francis→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-06-08 · resigned 2018-01-12
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-28 · resigned 1998-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24