AGRONOMY BUYING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04044939 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£12.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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, 1 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,946
Cash YoY
+117%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↑ 117% YoY
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£17k£25k£33k£42kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£12.9k£12.6k
Current assets£28.9k£41.6k
Cash£14.4k£6.7k
Debtors£14.5k£34.9k
Net assets£12.9k£12.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
    ➖
    FOSTER, Seumus Hamilton resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-01-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-12-31
    ➖
    FOSTER, Seumas Hamilton resigned
    director
  6. 2025-12-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-10-21
    ➕
    GOODSELL, Bruce Anthony appointed
    director
  9. 2025-10-21
    ➖
    WHEELWRIGHT, Christopher John resigned
    director
  10. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-11-17
    ➕
    WHITE, Jack appointed
    director
  17. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  20. 2018-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-01-27
    ➖
    ANDREAE, Mark Patrick resigned
    director
  22. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    WATTS, John Warwick resigned
    director
  24. 2000-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGRONOMY BUYING SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    HANCOCK, Clive Graham appointed
    director
  26. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Seumus Hamilton appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    ANDREAE, Mark Patrick appointed
    director
  28. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Seumas Hamilton appointed
    director
  29. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    WATTS, John Warwick appointed
    director
  30. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    WHEELWRIGHT, Christopher John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FOSTER, Seumus Hamilton resigned 2026-01-12; FOSTER, Seumas Hamilton resigned 2025-12-31; WHEELWRIGHT, Christopher John resigned 2025-10-21

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

The Estate Office
Moundsmere
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG25 2HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GOODSELL, Bruce Anthony→
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANCOCK, Clive Graham→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Jack→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOSTER, Seumus Hamilton→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2026-01-12
Resigned
ANDREAE, Mark Patrick→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2018-01-27
Resigned
FOSTER, Seumas Hamilton→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
WATTS, John Warwick→
director · ~85y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
WHEELWRIGHT, Christopher John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2025-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21