AGI DIY LTD
🌳Matureactive
05715357 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-20
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
£32.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £32,949
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£33k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↑ 5.0% 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 | £32.9k | £27.8k |
| Current assets | £72.0k | £68.6k |
| Net assets | £32.9k | £27.8k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
7
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-01➕GORBUTT, Ian Gary appointeddirector
- 2025-12-31➖GORBUTT, Ian Gary resigneddirector
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2006-02-21➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-21➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AGI DIY LTD
- 2006-02-20➕LOCKER, Adrian David appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-20➕LOCKER, Adrian David appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕SAMPSON, Geoffrey appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-20➕GORBUTT, Ian Gary appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian David Locker Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2026 |
Mr Geoffrey Sampson Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2026 |
Mr Ian Gary Gorbutt Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Gary Gorbuttceased 31/12/2025· 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
7 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 2 The Coalyard
Cholmley Way
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO22 4NQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
LOCKER, Adrian David→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GORBUTT, Ian Gary→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2026-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOCKER, Adrian David→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAMPSON, Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-02-21
GORBUTT, Ian Gary→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2025-12-31
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-02-21
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17