AFFINITY WOODLAND WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD

🌳Matureactive

03910698 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-01-20

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£35.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

02100SIC 02100

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (9 active, 32 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £35,609

Cash YoY

+119%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

↑ 119% YoY

Net Worth

£36k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↑ 119% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£63.7k	£47.1k
Current assets	£13.0k	£6.0k
Cash	£13.0k	£6.0k
Net assets	£35.6k	£27.5k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (73 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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2024-12-23
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-23
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2021-12-21
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2020-12-15
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts · AA
2019-09-06
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officers · TM01
2019-09-06
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officers · TM01
2019-09-01
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KEBBELL, Owen Oliver resigned
director
2019-09-01
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TUGWELL, Christiana Violet Stanislawa resigned
director
2019-05-17
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officers · AP01
2019-05-17
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officers · AP01
2019-05-11
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ASHWOOD, Nicola Vaughan appointed
director
2019-05-11
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COW, Peter Alan appointed
director
2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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officers · TM01
2018-05-30
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ELSWORTHY, John Thomas resigned
director
2018-03-16
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officers · CH01
2018-03-16
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officers · AP01
2018-03-16
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2018-03-16
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2018-03-11
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ASHWOOD, Devin Robert Sinclair appointed
director
2018-01-16
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PARSONS, Sonia Carole resigned
director
2017-12-07
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WILLIAMS, Lorna resigned
director
2017-12-01
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HORNBEAM, Ollie Carter resigned
director
2016-09-26
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ADAMS, Sharif resigned
director
2016-09-26
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ALBERT, Fern Leigh resigned
director
2016-07-08
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LEEDS, James Roger resigned
director
2015-11-22
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LEEDS, James Roger appointed
director
2015-11-22
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WILLIAMS, Lorna appointed
director
2014-10-10
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HORNBEAM, Ollie Carter appointed
director
2014-01-05
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HAYWARD, Katherine Lucy resigned
director
2013-12-16
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ALBERT, Fern Leigh appointed
director
2013-07-01
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ADAMS, Sharif appointed
director
2013-05-29
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HORNBEAM, Ollie Carter resigned
director
2013-04-29
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HORNBEAM, Rebecca Sophie resigned
director
2010-08-12
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HAYWARD, Katherine Lucy appointed
director
2009-03-05
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COW, Peter Alan resigned
director
2009-02-05
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HORNBEAM, Ollie Carter appointed
director
2008-01-31
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HORNBEAM, Rebecca Sophie appointed
director
2007-11-01
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DUFAUX, Marylise resigned
director
2007-10-04
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KEBBELL, Owen Oliver appointed
director
2007-10-04
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TUGWELL, Christiana Violet Stanislawa appointed
director
2007-06-30
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LOVE, Nicholas Carl Anthony resigned
director
2006-05-11
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DAVIS, Melanie Ruth appointed
director
2006-05-11
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KIRTON, Ian Richard appointed
director
2005-06-17
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LOVE, Nicholas Carl Anthony appointed
director
2004-10-07
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DUFAUX, Marylise appointed
director
2004-10-01
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HAWKSLEY, Cheryll Angela resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 73 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2000-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Steward Community

Woodland, Moretonhampstead

Newton Abbot

Devon

TQ13 8SD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20