AGRIFRAMES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05715774 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-03-31 |
|---|
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRIFRAMES LIMITED
- 2006-02-20➕DOWNEY, Andrew James appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-20➕DOWNEY, Andrew James appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕DOWNEY, Bernard Thomas Joseph appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕WAYNE, Harold appointednominee-secretary
- 2006-02-20➖WAYNE, Harold resignednominee-secretary
- 2006-02-20➕WAYNE, Yvonne appointednominee-director
- 2006-02-20➖WAYNE, Yvonne resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
Group structure
Tildenet Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Tildenet Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
⬇
AGRIFRAMES LIMITED
This company · 05715774
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tildenet Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew James Downey Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Bernard Thomas Joseph Downey Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Other · BS postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFON HEALTHCARE LTD→ 14603906 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AFTER MOTION LIMITED→ 16573447 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHON LTD→ 15149814 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AIR HIRE LTD→ 07340180 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| AIRBUS SPARROW LIMITED→ 16507025 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALADICO LTD→ 14252174 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALBION-ROOFING (SW) LTD→ 16542467 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALL AUDI LTD→ 12577159 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALLEN ASSURED LTD→ 12715589 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALP SOUTH EAST (ASSOCIATION OF LEARNING PROVIDERS S.E.)→ 05471534 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ALPHAPET MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→ 07622083 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ALTERNOTION LIMITED→ 16839556 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Hartcliffe Way
Bristol
Avon
BS3 5RJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
DOWNEY, Andrew James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOWNEY, Andrew James→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOWNEY, Bernard Thomas Joseph→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAYNE, Harold→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-02-20
WAYNE, Yvonne→
Resignednominee-director · ~46y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-02-20
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03