A & G PASSENGER BOATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04036246 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-18
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 50300SIC 50300
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees500700

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-03-01
    ➕
    GRANGE, Dorothy Kim appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-02-28
    ➖
    AITKEN, Georgina Shannon resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-02-28
    ➖
    AITKEN, Georgina Shannon resigned
    director
  19. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    GRANGE, Dorothy Kim appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    GRANGE, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    AITKEN, Georgina Shannon appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-09-04
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    AITKEN, Georgina Shannon appointed
    director
  24. 2000-09-04
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A & G PASSENGER BOATS LIMITED
  26. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Anthony Grange
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/07/2016
Mrs Dorothy Kim Grange
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

7 Norwood Drive
Sheffield
S5 7BH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GRANGE, Dorothy Kim→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANGE, Dorothy Kim→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANGE, Paul Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AITKEN, Georgina Shannon→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2000-09-04
Resigned
AITKEN, Georgina Shannon→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2000-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19