A. & S. GIMSON LTD
🌳Matureactive
03719949 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-25
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 16.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01460
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
2 live charges · oldest 16.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 900 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-08-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2016-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1999-02-26➕GIMSON, Susannah Jane appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-26➕GIMSON, Ashley Miles appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26➕GIMSON, Susannah Jane appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26➖COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-02-26➖COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-02-25🏢Company incorporatedAs A. & S. GIMSON LTD
- 1999-02-25➕COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-02-25➕COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
99/100
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
- +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 "GIMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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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Mrs Susannah Gimson Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/06/2023 |
Mr Ashley Gimson Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01460 — SIC 01460
Registered office
Starvegut Hall Farm
Kenny Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 8DS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
GIMSON, Susannah Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIMSON, Ashley Miles→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 1999-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIMSON, Susannah Jane→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1999-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 1999-02-26
COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 1999-02-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/08/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 26/02/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-04