A. PARSONSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05159885 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£239.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £239,396

Net assets shrinking

Down £34,222 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£239k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£263k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£239.4k	£273.6k
Current assets	£263.1k	£351.1k
Net assets	£239.4k	£273.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-07-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-01
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accounts · AA
2023-08-11
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2004-06-22
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Company incorporated
As A. PARSONSON LIMITED
2004-06-22
➕
PARSONSON, Jane appointed
secretary
2004-06-22
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PARSONSON, Andrew Philip appointed
director
2004-06-22
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PARSONSON, Jane appointed
director
2004-06-22
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-22
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-22
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-06-22
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 "PARSONSON" — 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 70 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jane Parsonson Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Philip Parsonson Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-06-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

"Warren Farm", Panton

Market Rasen

Lincolnshire

LN8 5LQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-06

Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PARSONSON, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-22

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Active

PARSONSON, Andrew Philip→

director · ~70y · appointed 2004-06-22

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Active

PARSONSON, Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-06-22

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-22 · resigned 2004-06-22

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-22 · resigned 2004-06-22

Resigned

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