A.J. LEESE TURKEYS LTD
🌳Matureactive
04954401 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 13.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £2,023,452
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.3m
Net Worth
£2.0m
Current Assets
£2.1m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.09M | — |
| Current assets | £2.08M | — |
| Cash | £1.34M | — |
| Debtors | £673.2k | — |
| Net assets | £2.02M | — |
| Average employees | — | -3100 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-11-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-24➖LEESE, Thomas William resigneddirector
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-15➕LEESE, Thomas William appointeddirector
- 2013-07-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-05-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2011-04-05➖LEESE, Thomas William resigneddirector
- 2006-11-02➕LEESE, Thomas William appointeddirector
- 2003-11-07➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-07➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-11-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A.J. LEESE TURKEYS LTD
- 2003-11-05➕LEESE, Janet Nancy appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-05➕LEESE, Alfred James appointeddirector
- 2003-11-05➕LEESE, Janet Nancy appointeddirector
- 2003-11-05➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-05➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LEESE" — 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
A.J. Leese (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
A.J. Leese (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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A.J. LEESE TURKEYS LTD
This company · 04954401
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A.J. Leese (Holdings) Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/09/2024 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Thomas William Leeseceased 24/09/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Alfred James Leeseceased 01/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mrs Janet Nancy Leeseceased 01/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
48 Beam Street
Nantwich
CW5 5LJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
LEESE, Janet Nancy→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEESE, Alfred James→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEESE, Janet Nancy→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2003-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2003-11-07
LEESE, Thomas William→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2013-11-15 · resigned 2024-09-24
LEESE, Thomas William→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2011-04-05
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2003-11-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/07/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/05/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (83 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12