MITCHELL AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD

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04983510 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-03
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.41M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,411,586
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£216k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£282k£565k£847k£1.1m£1.4mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.45M£1.42M
Current assets£1.29M£1.26M
Cash£216.3k£179.9k
Debtors£970£3.9k
Net assets£1.41M£1.38M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-12-15
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Belinda Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-12-15
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Belinda Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2003-12-15
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Ian George Anderson appointed
    director
  19. 2003-12-15
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-12-15
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MITCHELL AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD
  22. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +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 "MITCHELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 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

86/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

The Mitchell Mas Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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The Mitchell Mas Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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MITCHELL AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD
This company · 04983510

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Mitchell Mas Trust
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/03/2020
Mr Ian George Anderson Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Belinda Jane Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated2003-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Mount Pleasant
Longridge
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 2XQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MITCHELL, Belinda Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Belinda Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Ian George Anderson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-03 · resigned 2003-12-15
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-03 · resigned 2003-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09