AGRICROP SERVICES LIMITED

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06476059 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-17
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-2.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
7 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,672
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£12k-£6k£1k£8k£15k£22kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£130.9k£90.9k
Current assets£11.8k£22.0k
Cash£3.3k£11.3k
Debtors£8.4k£10.7k
Net assets£-2.7k£-12.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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  2. 2024-10-29
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  3. 2023-09-11
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  5. 2021-10-26
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  6. 2020-12-01
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  7. 2019-10-22
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  8. 2018-10-02
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  9. 2017-09-15
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  10. 2016-12-06
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  11. 2016-10-28
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  12. 2016-01-18
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  13. 2015-10-19
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  14. 2015-01-19
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  15. 2014-07-14
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  16. 2008-01-18
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    JAMES, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-01-18
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    BOLLEN, David George appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-18
    ➕
    GREEN, Gavin appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-18
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    JAMES, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-18
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2008-01-18
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    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
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  22. 2008-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRICROP SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2008-01-17
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2008-01-17
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    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

7 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David George Bollen
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Viscount Bledisloe
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr David James
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Bernard James
Individual · British · DOB 02/1938 · age 88
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Anne James
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Andrew James
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Richard Edward James
Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Park Farmhouse
Old Park
Lydney
Gloucestershire
GL15 6BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JAMES, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-18
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Active
BOLLEN, David George→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-01-18
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Active
GREEN, Gavin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-01-18
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Active
JAMES, Andrew→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-01-18
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Active
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-17 · resigned 2008-01-18
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-01-17 · resigned 2008-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2025-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-17