A G COTTRELL LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04975561 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-25
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 1000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-16📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2024-02-16📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-31➖COTTRELL, Amanda Jane resigneddirector
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2004-01-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs A G COTTRELL LIMITED
- 2003-11-25➕COTTRELL, Anthony Gino appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-25➕COTTRELL, Anthony Gino appointeddirector
- 2003-11-25➕COTTRELL, Amanda Jane appointeddirector
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COTTRELL" — 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Anthony Gino Cottrell Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
15 Loughwood Close, Boyatt Wood
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 4QL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
COTTRELL, Anthony Gino→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-11-25
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COTTRELL, Anthony Gino→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2003-11-25
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COTTRELL, Amanda Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2003-11-25 · resigned 2022-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 14/01/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-02-16
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-02-16
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-12