A R WORBOYS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04726620 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-08

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£40.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £40,192

Very low cash

Cash position: £28

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£28

Net Worth

£40k

Current Assets

£65k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-30
Total assets	£59.3k	—
Current assets	£65.3k	—
Cash	£28	—
Debtors	£65.3k	—
Net assets	£40.2k	—
Average employees	—	200

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2023-12-26
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-23
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2021-02-19
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2019-07-29
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2018-11-12
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2018-04-11
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2018-01-16
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2017-12-30
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2016-10-28
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2015-12-14
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2015-04-09
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annual-return · AR01
2014-03-31
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WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare resigned
secretary
2014-03-31
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WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare resigned
director
2003-04-08
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Company incorporated
As A R WORBOYS LIMITED
2003-04-08
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WORBOYS, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2003-04-08
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WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare appointed
secretary
2003-04-08
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UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-04-08
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UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-04-08
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WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare appointed
director
2003-04-08
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UKF NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-04-08
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UKF NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WORBOYS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Worboys Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Manor Farm

Lower Caldecote

Biggleswade

Bedfordshire

SG18 9BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WORBOYS, Andrew Richard→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-08

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Active

WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2014-03-31

Resigned

UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2003-04-08

Resigned

WORBOYS, Suzanne Clare→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2014-03-31

Resigned

UKF NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2003-04-08

Resigned

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