AGRICOLA SANTA EULALIA (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04944890 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-27
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Cash YoY
+279%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£198k
↑ 279% YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£410k£819k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£5.2k£15.5k
Current assets£2.05M£1.56M
Cash£198.1k£52.2k
Debtors£1.64M£1.34M
Net assets£2£2

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2025-09-29
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  3. 2025-09-26
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  4. 2025-09-11
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    MULA ALCARAZ, Francisco resigned
    director
  5. 2024-08-07
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  6. 2023-10-27
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  7. 2023-10-13
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    CLARE, Nigel Peter appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-12
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  9. 2023-10-12
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  10. 2023-10-12
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    address · AD01
  11. 2023-10-12
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2023-09-14
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  13. 2022-09-21
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  14. 2021-09-30
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  15. 2020-09-21
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  16. 2019-08-23
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  17. 2018-05-29
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  18. 2017-08-21
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  19. 2003-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRICOLA SANTA EULALIA (UK) LIMITED
  20. 2003-10-27
    ➕
    VAN DAALEN, Michelle Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-27
    ➕
    VAN DAALEN, Julian Gerardus appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-27
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-10-27
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-27
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    MULA ALCARAZ, Francisco appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Julian Gerardus Van Daalen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Francisco Mula Alcarazceased 11/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Manor Farm West Cobgate
Moulton
Spalding
Lincolnshire
PE12 6QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

VAN DAALEN, Michelle Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARE, Nigel Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN DAALEN, Julian Gerardus→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-27 · resigned 2003-10-27
Resigned
MULA ALCARAZ, Francisco→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-10-27 · resigned 2025-09-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21