F TATE AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04585389 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£787.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47760SIC 47760
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £787,436
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£574k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£787k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£637k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£157k£315k£472k£630k£787kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£841.5k£691.7k
Current assets£637.0k£589.0k
Cash£574.3k£510.5k
Debtors£14.1k£10.7k
Net assets£787.4k£644.4k

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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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2023-10-12
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  5. 2022-03-01
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-11-03
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  7. 2021-10-14
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  8. 2020-10-27
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  9. 2019-10-30
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  10. 2018-10-28
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  11. 2017-10-24
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  12. 2016-10-18
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  13. 2016-03-17
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    capital · SH02
  14. 2015-12-21
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  15. 2015-06-12
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  16. 2015-05-07
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    TATE, Jayne appointed
    director
  17. 2015-05-07
    ➕
    TATE, Thomas Francis appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-01
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    TATE, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  19. 2002-11-12
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    TATE, Jayne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-11-12
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-11-12
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  22. 2002-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As F TATE AND SONS LIMITED
  23. 2002-11-08
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    TATE, Simon Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2002-11-08
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-08
    ➕
    TATE, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  26. 2002-11-08
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TATE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Anthony Tate
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares03/11/2016
Mrs Jayne Tate
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/11/2020

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
Incorporated2002-11-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Larkhill Nurseries
Studley Road
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 2QR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

TATE, Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-12
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Active
TATE, Jayne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-05-07
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Active
TATE, Simon Anthony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-08
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Active
TATE, Thomas Francis→
director · ~33y · appointed 2015-05-07
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Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-12
Resigned
TATE, Nicholas John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
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2025-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-14