LEN WRIGHT SALADS LTD

📈Growthactive

06512836 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-25

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 16.9y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,768,944

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£1.77M	£1.06M
Average employees	236	21700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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officers · CH01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-08-16
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BLANE, Mark Wilson appointed
director
2024-08-16
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MACLEOD, Stuart appointed
director
2024-08-16
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RAWLINSON, Justin Neil appointed
director
2024-08-16
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SEATON, Stuart David Neil appointed
director
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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mortgage · MR04
2023-09-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-02
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2023-03-02
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2023-02-24
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officers · TM02
2023-02-24
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officers · TM01
2023-02-20
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CHARLESWORTH, Colin resigned
secretary
2023-02-20
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CHARLESWORTH, Colin resigned
director
2022-02-02
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accounts · AA
2021-05-10
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accounts · AA
2019-09-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-08-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2019-07-18
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BAYBUTT, Jamie Ross appointed
director
2019-07-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-04-18
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LINN, Bryan Dunn resigned
director
2019-02-28
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2019-02-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC (Company Number 929027)
2018-12-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2018-08-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lancashire County Developments (Investments) Limited
2018-05-16
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WRIGHT, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2018-05-16
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WRIGHT, Leonard appointed
director
2018-05-16
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LINN, Bryan Dunn appointed
director
2009-08-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2008-02-25
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Company incorporated
As LEN WRIGHT SALADS LTD
2008-02-25
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TORLEY, Ian Matthew appointed
director
2008-02-25
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CHARLESWORTH, Colin appointed
secretary
2008-02-25
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CHARLESWORTH, Colin appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WRIGHT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Len Wright Salads Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Len Wright Salads Group Limited

Corporate parent · board control

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LEN WRIGHT SALADS LTD

This company · 06512836

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Len Wright Salads Group Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	17/02/2023

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Len Wright Group Limitedceased 17/02/2023· 50-75% voting · board control
Len Wright Limitedceased 16/02/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
Mr Ian Matthew Torleyceased 16/05/2018· 50-75% shares
Mr Colin Charlesworthceased 16/05/2018· 50-75% shares

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.

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8 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

Incorporated2008-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

Hazeldene Distribution Centre Taylors Meanygate

Tarleton

Preston

Lancashire

PR4 6XB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11