AIGBURTH BACON COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
04778098 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-28
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees202000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-03-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-03-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-01
    ➕
    EDMUNDS, Mark Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AIGBURTH BACON COMPANY LTD
  22. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    EDMUNDS, Theresa appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    EDMUNDS, Douglas John appointed
    director
  24. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    EDMUNDS, Theresa appointed
    director
  25. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mark Douglas Edmunds
Individual · British · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2020
Douglas John Edmunds
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Theresa Edmunds
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
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
Incorporated2003-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Unit 3f Oldgate
St Michaels Industrial Estate
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 8TL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

EDMUNDS, Theresa→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDMUNDS, Douglas John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDMUNDS, Mark Douglas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDMUNDS, Theresa→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09