AGRARIAN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04097559 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-27
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,305
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£980
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 118% YoY
Current Assets
£170k
↑ 221% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £324.9k | £244.1k |
| Current assets | £169.7k | £52.9k |
| Cash | £980 | £3.4k |
| Debtors | £168.7k | £49.6k |
| Net assets | £1.3k | £-7.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-23➕HALL, Lisa Jane appointeddirector
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-01➕HALL, Samuel Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2000-10-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRARIAN LIMITED
- 2000-10-27➕HALL, Lisa Jane appointedsecretary
- 2000-10-27➕HALL, Peter Richard appointeddirector
- 2000-10-27➕BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-10-27➖BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +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
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HALL, Lisa Jane (same surname) appointed 2024-11-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Lisa Jane Hall Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/11/2023 |
Mr Peter Richard Hall Individual · English · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
Walgaston
Mobley
Berkeley
Gloucestershire
GL13 9EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
HALL, Lisa Jane→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-11-23
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HALL, Peter Richard→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2000-10-27
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HALL, Samuel Thomas→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2024-08-01
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BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-27 · resigned 2000-10-27
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09