AGRICOLA BOTTLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07233541 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£63.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82920Packaging activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £63,586
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,749 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£64k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£141k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£37k£74k£111k£147k£184kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£237.8k£274.8k
Current assets£141.3k£184.3k
Debtors£78.3k£114.5k
Net assets£63.6k£69.3k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-02
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    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-08-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-08-24
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-08-24
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-29
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    MELLOR, Gillian Mary, Mrs. resigned
    director
  14. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-30
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    BALCHIN, Alex appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-30
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    BALCHIN, Kate appointed
    director
  19. 2015-02-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank)
  20. 2010-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRICOLA BOTTLING LIMITED
  21. 2010-04-23
    ➕
    MELLOR, Thomas Leslie, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-23
    ➕
    MELLOR, Gillian Mary, Mrs. appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Leslie Mellor
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Gillian Mary Mellorceased 29/11/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Humanby Grange
Wold Newton
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 3HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BALCHIN, Alex→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-03-30
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Active
BALCHIN, Kate→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-03-30
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Active
MELLOR, Thomas Leslie, Mr.→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-04-23
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Active
MELLOR, Gillian Mary, Mrs.→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-23 · resigned 2020-11-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge—26/02/2015—
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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-29