ANGLO ASIA FORESTRY COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06552385 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-02

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-1.58M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,575,899

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1.6m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Net assets	£-1.58M	—
Average employees	—	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 annual-return
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 annual-return
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2026-04-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2026-04-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2026-04-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2026-04-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2026-03-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-11
📄
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-23
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-05
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-09
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-08
➖
HALL, Derek Mark Steven resigned
director
2017-04-01
➕
HALL, Derek Mark Steven appointed
director
2016-11-16
➖
ROCKWOOD, Joanna resigned
secretary
2014-04-01
➕
ROCKWOOD, Joanna appointed
secretary
2014-04-01
➖
ROCKWOOD, Paul resigned
secretary
2014-02-10
➖
CHURCHMAN, James Alexander resigned
director
2012-03-03
➖
THOMAS, Lyndon Morgan resigned
director
2012-03-01
➖
DAVIS, Ghislaine resigned
director
2012-03-01
➖
HINKLEY, Martin resigned
director
2012-03-01
➖
HOLLINGSWORTH, Debbie Jane resigned
director
2011-07-07
🔓
Charge satisfied #1
2011-07-01
🔒
Charge registered #2
Lender: Asiateak Limited
2011-04-28
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: Simon Goldring and Stephen William Blair
2011-04-08
➕
CHURCHMAN, James Alexander appointed
director
2010-01-15
➕
DAVIS, Ghislaine appointed
director
2010-01-15
➕
HINKLEY, Martin appointed
director
2010-01-15
➕
HOLLINGSWORTH, Debbie Jane appointed
director
2010-01-15
➖
ROGERS, Jonathan Keneth resigned
director
2010-01-15
➕
THOMAS, Lyndon Morgan appointed
director
2008-04-02
🏢
Company incorporated
As ANGLO ASIA FORESTRY COMPANY LIMITED
2008-04-02
➕
ROCKWOOD, Paul Marcus appointed
director
2008-04-02
➕
ROCKWOOD, Paul appointed
secretary
2008-04-02
➕
ROGERS, Jonathan Keneth appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Paul Marcus Rockwood Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/04/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul Rockwoodceased 02/04/2017· significant influence

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

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · RG postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
APIARY LTD→ 16561387 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARUM ESTATES LIMITED→ 07327345 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
ASPIRE EQUINE LIMITED→ 14526294 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
BACRES FARM LIMITED→ 12397766 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
BALLYMAW BLOODSTOCK LTD→ 14374131 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
BARKERS PADDOCK LIMITED→ 13710597 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
BARKHAM MANOR FARM LTD→ 03849545 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	—	—
BEN'S BERKSHIRE BEES LIMITED→ 11420797 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
BENNETT'S TREE CARE LIMITED→ 08234411 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
BERKSHIRE AGRIPOWER LTD.→ 03909804 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	—	—
BERKSHIRE BROILERS LTD→ 16516187 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BERKSHIRE TROUT FARM LIMITED→ 01469125 · est 1979 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	46y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated2008-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Century House

Wargrave Road

Henley-On-Thames

Oxfordshire

RG9 2LT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

ROCKWOOD, Paul Marcus→

director · ~68y · appointed 2008-04-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROCKWOOD, Joanna→

secretary · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2016-11-16

Resigned

ROCKWOOD, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2014-04-01

Resigned

CHURCHMAN, James Alexander→

director · ~48y · appointed 2011-04-08 · resigned 2014-02-10

Resigned

DAVIS, Ghislaine→

director · ~73y · appointed 2010-01-15 · resigned 2012-03-01

Resigned

HALL, Derek Mark Steven→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-04-01 · resigned 2019-08-08

Resigned

HINKLEY, Martin→

director · ~68y · appointed 2010-01-15 · resigned 2012-03-01

Resigned

HOLLINGSWORTH, Debbie Jane→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-15 · resigned 2012-03-01

Resigned

ROGERS, Jonathan Keneth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2010-01-15

Resigned

THOMAS, Lyndon Morgan→

director · ~79y · appointed 2010-01-15 · resigned 2012-03-03

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Asiateak Asiateak Limited	Debenture	1 property	01/07/2011	—
	satisfied	Simon Goldring and Stephen William Blair	Debenture	1 property	28/04/2011	07/07/2011

Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.