A & A ARABLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07095455 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-04

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.00M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,998,589

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.2m

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£2.0m

↑ 6.6% YoY

Current Assets

£1.7m

↑ 4.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.00M	£1.87M
Current assets	£1.73M	£1.66M
Cash	£1.16M	£1.03M
Debtors	£570.1k	£625.5k
Net assets	£2.00M	£1.87M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-09-16
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accounts · AA
2021-11-10
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accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-20
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accounts · AA
2016-10-06
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accounts · AA
2015-12-08
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-03
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accounts · AA
2014-12-10
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-17
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2014-09-30
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2009-12-04
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Company incorporated
As A & A ARABLE LIMITED
2009-12-04
➕
WELLS, Andrew John appointed
secretary
2009-12-04
➕
WELLS, Alison Mary appointed
director
2009-12-04
➕
WELLS, Andrew John appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew John Wells Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/12/2016

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

Incorporated2009-12-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hall Farm

Newton On Trent

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

LN1 2LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WELLS, Andrew John→

secretary · appointed 2009-12-04

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WELLS, Alison Mary→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-12-04

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WELLS, Andrew John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2009-12-04

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