AFFORDABLE GARDENING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05840720 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02200
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81300Landscape service activities
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-302022-06-30
Average employees100100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 4 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-05-15
    ➖
    TARLETON, Daniel resigned
    secretary
  7. 2024-09-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2024-09-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2024-03-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-03-19
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2024-02-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2023-09-12
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2023-09-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2023-08-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2022-12-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-06-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2019-01-07
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    TARLETON, Simon Barnabas resigned
    director
  21. 2013-02-01
    ➕
    TARLETON, Simon Barnabas appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-19
    ➖
    BROWNING, Jackie resigned
    director
  23. 2010-08-05
    ➕
    BROWNING, Jackie appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-21
    ➖
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 2009-04-01
    ➕
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-16
    ➖
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  27. 2008-04-16
    ➖
    TARLETON, Barnabas Simeon resigned
    director
  28. 2008-04-16
    ➖
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth resigned
    director
  29. 2006-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AFFORDABLE GARDENING LIMITED
  30. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    TARLETON, Daniel appointed
    director
  31. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    TARLETON, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  32. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  33. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    TARLETON, Barnabas Simeon appointed
    director
  34. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Tarleton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02200 — SIC 02200

Registered office

6 Radcliffe Way
Peterborough
PE8 4QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

TARLETON, Daniel→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TARLETON, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2025-05-15
Resigned
TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2008-04-16
Resigned
BROWNING, Jackie→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2012-06-19
Resigned
TARLETON, Barnabas Simeon→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2008-04-16
Resigned
TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2010-07-21
Resigned
TARLETON, Jackie Elizabeth→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2008-04-16
Resigned
TARLETON, Simon Barnabas→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-02-01 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-06
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-12
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-09-09