AGRIWELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04712195 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-26
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 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£419.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £419,179
Cash YoY
+35776%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↑ 35776% YoY
Net Worth
£419k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£698k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£140k£279k£419k£558k£698kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£624.3k£613.0k
Current assets£697.8k£598.8k
Cash£41.6k£116
Debtors£286.6k£214.0k
Net assets£419.2k£367.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-07-25
    ➖
    FOSTER, George William resigned
    director
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Harry Geoffrey appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, George William appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2003-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGRIWELD LIMITED
  21. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    FOSTER, Dawn appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    FOSTER, Dawn appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    FOSTER, Dean Geoffrey, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-03-26
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 2003-03-26
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FOSTER, Harry Geoffrey (same surname) appointed 2022-07-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs. Dawn Foster
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr. Dean Geoffrey Foster
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

The Workshop, Main Street
Garton-On-The-Wolds
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 3ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

FOSTER, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-26
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Active
FOSTER, Dawn→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-03-26
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Active
FOSTER, Dean Geoffrey, Mr.→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-26
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Active
FOSTER, Harry Geoffrey→
director · ~24y · appointed 2022-07-01
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Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
FOSTER, George William→
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2023-07-25
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property25/10/2006—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30