A & R GILES FARMING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04990907 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-10
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: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 12.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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
2 years 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 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-12📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-12📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-03-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-02-27📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-02-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-02-19📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-11-30➖GILES, Rachel Mary resignedsecretary
- 2023-11-30➖GILES, Rachel Mary resigneddirector
- 2023-09-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-09-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-12-10🏢Company incorporatedAs A & R GILES FARMING LIMITED
- 2003-12-10➕GILES, Andrew Seth appointeddirector
- 2003-12-10➕GILES, Rachel Mary appointedsecretary
- 2003-12-10➕GILES, Rachel Mary 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 "GILES" — 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 67 — 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 67. 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 |
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Mr Andrew Seth Giles Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 10/12/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Rachel Mary Gilesceased 30/11/2023· 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
Green Oak
Ffynnon Gynydd
Hereford
HR3 5LX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
GILES, Andrew Seth→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2003-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILES, Rachel Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2023-11-30
GILES, Rachel Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2023-11-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/01/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/05/2020 | 01/03/2024 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/09/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-13
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-03-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-01
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-02-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-19