AGENDA TRADING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04590595 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
77 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-31➕HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville appointeddirector
- 2022-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-01➖HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville resigneddirector
- 2008-11-01➖HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville resignedsecretary
- 2006-11-18➕HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-18➕HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville appointeddirector
- 2006-11-17➖EASTON, Vincent resignedsecretary
- 2006-11-17➖EASTON, Vincent resigneddirector
- 2002-11-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AGENDA TRADING LIMITED
- 2002-11-14➕HENDRIE, Robin Orland appointeddirector
- 2002-11-14➕EASTON, Vincent appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-14➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-14➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-14➕EASTON, Vincent appointeddirector
- 2002-11-14➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-11-14➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Roger Orland Somerville Hendrie Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Joanne Hendrieceased 05/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Robin Orland Hendrieceased 31/03/2023· 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.
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| A GREAT BRITISH CAKE SHOP LTD→ 13783238 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A J SUPPLIES LIMITED→ 09075541 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ACRUX STUDIO LTD→ 17110437 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADA’S DELI LTD→ 15090940 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADS CONNECTIONS LTD→ 16430931 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADVENTURES AND AWARDS LTD→ 15162515 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AEGON PRIVATE LTD→ 17068726 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AF EAGLE EYE LIMITED→ 14499026 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AFLYT LTD→ 16807163 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGD SURREY LTD→ 07670783 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
5 The Square
Bagshot
Surrey
GU19 5AX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
HENDRIE, Robin Orland→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2002-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2023-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EASTON, Vincent→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-17
HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-11-18 · resigned 2008-11-01
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-14
EASTON, Vincent→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-17
HENDRIE, Roger Orland Somerville→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2006-11-18 · resigned 2014-01-01
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-14
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Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-21