AGAR HYGIENE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04464583 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-19

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 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£20.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,845

Net assets shrinking

Down £25,937 YoY

Cash YoY

+32%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£115k

↑ 32% YoY

Net Worth

£21k

↓ 55% YoY

Current Assets

£367k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£34.2k	£63.0k
Current assets	£367.3k	£357.3k
Cash	£115.3k	£87.4k
Debtors	£132.7k	£179.9k
Net assets	£20.8k	£46.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2025-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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capital · SH01
2021-07-08
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-06
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capital · SH02
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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mortgage · MR01
2021-06-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Philip William Hunt (As a Trustee of the Agar Hygiene LTD Small Self Administered Scheme)
2020-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2007-06-11
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KHATRI, Shabnam resigned
director
2006-03-01
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HUNT, Philip William appointed
director
2005-05-05
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KHATRI, Shabnam appointed
director
2003-05-01
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HUNT, Philip William appointed
secretary
2003-05-01
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KHATRI, Shasnam resigned
secretary
2002-06-19
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Company incorporated
As AGAR HYGIENE LIMITED
2002-06-19
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KHATRI, Abdul Gafar appointed
director
2002-06-19
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KHATRI, Shasnam appointed
secretary
2002-06-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-06-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Shabnambanu Gafar Khatri Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit V Castle Business Park

Hockey Close

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5GW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HUNT, Philip William→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-01

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Active

HUNT, Philip William→

director · ~71y · appointed 2006-03-01

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Active

KHATRI, Abdul Gafar→

director · ~66y · appointed 2002-06-19

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Active

KHATRI, Shasnam→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2003-05-01

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-06-19

Resigned

KHATRI, Shabnam→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-05 · resigned 2007-06-11

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-06-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Philip William Hunt (As a Trustee of the Agar Hygiene Small Self Administered Scheme) / Abdul Gafar Khatri (As a Trustee of the Agar Hygiene Small Self Administered Scheme) / St Martins Trustees (As Trustees of the Agar Hygiene Small Self Administered Scheme) Philip William Hunt (As a Trustee of the Agar Hygiene LTD Small Self Administered Scheme) / Abdul Gafar Khatri (As a Trustee of the Agar Hygiene LTD Small Self Administered Scheme) / St Martins Trustees Limited (As Trustees of the Agar Hygiene LTD Small Self Administered Scheme)	A registered charge	1 property	07/06/2021	—

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Recent filings (75 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-07