AGRIPOST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04266367 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-07

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	1300	1300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2024-07-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-23
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-22
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capital · SH02
2021-08-22
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-08-22
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capital · SH08
2021-08-22
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capital · SH08
2018-03-01
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EVANS, Sophie Jane appointed
director
2018-03-01
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GETHIN, Matthew Robert appointed
director
2017-04-01
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GETHIN, Caroline Clair appointed
director
2014-07-28
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EVANS, Sophie Janes appointed
secretary
2014-07-28
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SNODGRASS, Lucy Clair resigned
secretary
2013-10-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2013-10-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2012-11-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Waste and Resources Action Programme
2001-08-10
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CROSSFIELD, Carl resigned
secretary
2001-08-10
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SNODGRASS, Lucy Clair appointed
secretary
2001-08-07
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Company incorporated
As AGRIPOST LIMITED
2001-08-07
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GETHIN, Robert Mark appointed
director
2001-08-07
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CROSSFIELD, Carl appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Caroline Clair Gethin Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/05/2016
Robert Mark Gethin Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-08-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Lower House Farm Cardeston

Ford

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY5 9NQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07