AGENCY 54 LTD

🌳Matureactive
06873593 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees3

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-04-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-14
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2021-07-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2021-07-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-07-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-01-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2009-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AGENCY 54 LTD
  20. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    LOVEGROVE, Linda Joyce appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    LOVEGROVE, Graham William appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    LOVEGROVE, Linda Joyce appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    LOVEGROVE, William Geoffrey appointed
    director
  24. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-04-08
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointed
    director
  27. 2009-04-08
    ➖
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Geoffrey Lovegrove
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/12/2019
Mrs Linda Joyce Lovegrove
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/12/2019
Mr Graham William Lovegrove
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Units 5 & 6
The Bell Centre Newton Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9FZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LOVEGROVE, Linda Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVEGROVE, Graham William→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVEGROVE, Linda Joyce→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVEGROVE, William Geoffrey→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-08 · resigned 2009-04-08
Resigned
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-04-08 · resigned 2009-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30