A AND R MEATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04299559 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-220.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £220,039

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£633
Net Worth
-£220k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£220k-£170k-£120k-£70k-£19k£31kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-220.0k£-183.4k
Current assets£30.6k£20.6k
Cash£633—
Debtors£14.0k£14.1k
Net assets£-220.0k£-183.4k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2023-08-07
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  4. 2022-08-02
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  5. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-16
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  10. 2017-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-12
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2016-10-12
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  13. 2016-10-12
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  14. 2016-09-07
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  15. 2016-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2008-07-31
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    DEFFLEY, Susan Ann resigned
    director
  17. 2008-07-31
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    DEFFLEY, Toni resigned
    director
  18. 2005-10-04
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    DEFFLEY, Steven Francis appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-04
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    DEFFLEY, Susan Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    DEFFLEY, Toni appointed
    director
  21. 2005-10-03
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    OSWALD, Richard resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-10-03
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    OSWALD, Richard resigned
    director
  23. 2005-09-04
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    DEFFLEY, Anthony Francis appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A AND R MEATS LIMITED
  25. 2001-10-05
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    DEFFLEY, Anthony Francis appointed
    director
  26. 2001-10-05
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    OSWALD, Richard appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    OSWALD, Richard appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Francis Deffley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Unit 5 1 Valepits Road
Garrettes Green
Birmingham
B33 0TD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DEFFLEY, Anthony Francis→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEFFLEY, Anthony Francis→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEFFLEY, Steven Francis→
director · ~43y · appointed 2005-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALD, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2005-10-03
Resigned
DEFFLEY, Susan Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
DEFFLEY, Toni→
director · ~47y · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
OSWALD, Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2005-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-22