A & G UTTOXETER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05413243 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £9,094
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£9k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↓ 6.3% 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 | £9.1k | £5.0k |
| Current assets | £89.1k | £95.0k |
| Net assets | £9.1k | £5.0k |
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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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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-09📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-09-08📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2022-08-23📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-03-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2006-07-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Regency Factors PLC
- 2005-04-04🏢Company incorporatedAs A & G UTTOXETER LIMITED
- 2005-04-04➕WALKMAN, Adam Fredrick appointedsecretary
- 2005-04-04➕FENTON, Gavin James appointeddirector
- 2005-04-04➕WALKMAN, Adam Fredrick appointeddirector
- 2005-04-04➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-04-04➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-04-04➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-04-04➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adam Fredrick Walkman Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Gavin James Fenton Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44 | 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
The Black Swan Public House
4 The Market Street
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 8JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WALKMAN, Adam Fredrick→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FENTON, Gavin James→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKMAN, Adam Fredrick→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2005-04-04
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2005-04-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Regency Factors Regency Factors PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/07/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-09
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-09-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-23