ABSOLUTELY ORGANIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04067078 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-07

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-24	2024-03-31

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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2024-12-02
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2023-12-04
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2022-11-28
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2022-01-22
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2021-02-28
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2019-12-24
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2018-12-10
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2017-09-10
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address · AD01
2017-01-17
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officers · CH01
2017-01-17
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2017-01-17
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officers · CH03
2017-01-02
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accounts · AA
2001-09-01
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TOWNSEND GREEN, Rachel Ellen appointed
director
2001-04-23
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SWIFT, Jennifer Nan Louise resigned
director
2000-09-07
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTELY ORGANIC LIMITED
2000-09-07
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TOWNSEND GREEN, Rachel Ellen appointed
secretary
2000-09-07
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TOWNSEND GREEN, Colin David appointed
director
2000-09-07
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-07
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-07
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SWIFT, Jennifer Nan Louise appointed
director
2000-09-07
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-07
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+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 66. 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin David Townsend Green Individual · English · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	01/09/2016

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

Incorporated2000-09-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Bourton House Lonsdale Court

Great Rollright

Chipping Norton

OX7 5RB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TOWNSEND GREEN, Rachel Ellen→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-07

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Active

TOWNSEND GREEN, Colin David→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-09-07

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Active

TOWNSEND GREEN, Rachel Ellen→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-09-01

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-07 · resigned 2000-09-07

Resigned

SWIFT, Jennifer Nan Louise→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-09-07 · resigned 2001-04-23

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-07 · resigned 2000-09-07

Resigned

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