ANDREW C. DAVIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07267295 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£6.95M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 01470SIC 01470
- 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,951,510
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£683k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£7.0m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.08M | £6.95M |
| Current assets | £3.24M | £3.28M |
| Cash | £683.3k | £429.1k |
| Debtors | £2.46M | £2.75M |
| Net assets | £6.95M | £6.91M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-28➕DAVIES, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-04📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-12-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-10-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2021-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-06-25➕DAVIES, Margaret Anne Kynaston appointeddirector
- 2010-05-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW C. DAVIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2010-05-27➕DAVIES, Margaret Anne Kynaston appointedsecretary
- 2010-05-27➕DAVIES, Andrew Cecil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAVIES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIES, Matthew James (same surname) appointed 2026-04-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew James Davies Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 03/12/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Cecil Daviesceased 22/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Astley Grange
Astley
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4BS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
DAVIES, Margaret Anne Kynaston→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-05-27
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DAVIES, Andrew Cecil→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-05-27
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DAVIES, Margaret Anne Kynaston→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-06-25
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DAVIES, Matthew James→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2026-04-28
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/05/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-08
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-12-04
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07