AGM ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04222517 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-30 |
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| Average employees | 6200 | 5800 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-08-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-08-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-14➖PHILLIPS, Mark Jeffery resigneddirector
- 2021-05-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-13➕MICHAEL, Axentis Kyriacou appointeddirector
- 2021-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-02-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-02-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-01-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Grand Pier Limited
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2005-01-27➕PHILLIPS, Mark Jeffery appointeddirector
- 2004-05-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-05-31➕MICHAEL, Michelle appointedsecretary
- 2001-05-31➕MICHAEL, Kerry appointeddirector
- 2001-05-31➖NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-05-31➖NQH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-05-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AGM ESTATES LIMITED
- 2001-05-23➕NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-05-23➕NQH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Agm Business Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Agm Business Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AGM ESTATES LIMITED
This company · 04222517
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Agm Business Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/07/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Agm Investment Holdings Limitedceased 21/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Agm Holdings Limitedceased 11/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Grand Pier
Marine Parade
Weston Super Mare
Somerset
BS23 1AL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
MICHAEL, Axentis Kyriacou→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2021-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MICHAEL, Kerry→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2001-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-23 · resigned 2001-05-31
PHILLIPS, Mark Jeffery→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2021-05-14
NQH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-23 · resigned 2001-05-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Grand Pier Grand Pier Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/01/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Charge of deposit | 1 property | 05/05/2004 | 19/02/2021 |
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Recent filings (78 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25