AGRIPLUS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05642745 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-02
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 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£215.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £215,389
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
Net Worth
£215k
Current Assets
£493k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £377.0k | — |
| Current assets | £493.0k | — |
| Cash | £4.4k | — |
| Debtors | £271.2k | — |
| Net assets | £215.4k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
5
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-07-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-07-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-07-10➖HORNSEY, Kevin Anthony resigneddirector
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-27➕HORNSEY, Kevin Anthony appointeddirector
- 2020-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Natwest Bank
- 2020-03-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2019-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-18➕HORNSEY, Ruth Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2008-04-29➖WINTER, Diane Elaine resignedsecretary
- 2008-04-29➖WINTER, Richard resigneddirector
- 2006-09-01➕WINTER, Diane Elaine appointedsecretary
- 2006-09-01➖WINTER, Richard resignedsecretary
- 2005-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRIPLUS LIMITED
- 2005-12-02➕STEVENSON, Robin James appointeddirector
- 2005-12-02➕WINTER, Richard appointedsecretary
- 2005-12-02➕WINTER, Richard appointeddirector
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 Robin James Stevenson Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Richard Winter Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery
Registered office
Unit 9 Rosedale Court
Ellerbeck Way Stokesley Business Park
Stokesley
North Yorkshire
TS9 5GB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
HORNSEY, Ruth Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENSON, Robin James→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2005-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WINTER, Diane Elaine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2008-04-29
WINTER, Richard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-12-02 · resigned 2006-09-01
HORNSEY, Kevin Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2020-07-27 · resigned 2026-07-10
WINTER, Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-02 · resigned 2008-04-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Natwest Bank | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/05/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/03/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02