I C GREEN & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03619616 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£221.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £221,058
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£221k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£113k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£133k£177k£221kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£271.0k£284.9k
Current assets£112.6k£142.3k
Cash£12.9k£37.6k
Debtors£85.1k£86.2k
Net assets£221.1k£220.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-02
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    GREEN, Jeremy Cunliffe resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-10-05
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    GREEN, May resigned
    director
  16. 2015-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-07-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 2014-04-06
    ➕
    GREEN, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2014-04-06
    ➕
    GREEN, May appointed
    director
  21. 1998-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As I C GREEN & SON LIMITED
  22. 1998-08-21
    ➕
    GREEN, Christopher Maidment appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-08-21
    ➕
    GREEN, Christopher Maidment appointed
    director
  24. 1998-08-21
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-08-21
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-08-21
    ➕
    GREEN, Jeremy Cunliffe appointed
    director
  27. 1998-08-21
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-08-21
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GREEN" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
Mr Christopher Maidment Green
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Amanda Jane Green
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1998-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

The Hollies
Hay-A-Park
Knaresborough
HG5 0RH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GREEN, Christopher Maidment→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-21
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Active
GREEN, Amanda Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-04-06
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Active
GREEN, Christopher Maidment→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-21 · resigned 1998-08-21
Resigned
GREEN, Jeremy Cunliffe→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-08-21 · resigned 2025-12-02
Resigned
GREEN, May→
director · ~91y · appointed 2014-04-06 · resigned 2016-10-05
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-08-21 · resigned 1998-08-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—24/07/2014—
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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-24