AGEMCO LTD
🌳Matureactive
07477316 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-23
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 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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| Average employees | 9300 | 11000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-06-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-06-04🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-06-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-12➕SHERWOOD, Gary Nicholas Edward appointeddirector
- 2024-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-08➖ALEXOPOULOS, Spyros resigneddirector
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2021-05-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC (Cn: 01026167)
- 2021-05-07➕COTTRELL, Beverley Ann appointeddirector
- 2021-05-07➖SHERWOOD, Emily resignedsecretary
- 2021-05-07➖SHERWOOD, Gary Nicholas Edward resigneddirector
- 2012-05-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2012-04-11➕ALEXOPOULOS, Spyros appointeddirector
- 2012-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-12-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AGEMCO LTD
- 2010-12-23➕SHERWOOD, Emily appointedsecretary
- 2010-12-23➕SHERWOOD, Gary Nicholas Edward appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Pearl Healthcare Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Pearl Healthcare Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AGEMCO LTD
This company · 07477316
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pearl Healthcare Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/07/2025 |
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Gary Nicholas Edward Sherwoodceased 14/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Beverley Ann Cottrellceased 31/03/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Miss Emily Sherwoodceased 07/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Gary Nicholas Edward Sherwoodceased 07/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Dr Eleftheria Skrikaceased 28/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Camburgh House
27 New Dover Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 3DN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
COTTRELL, Beverley Ann→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2021-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHERWOOD, Gary Nicholas Edward→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHERWOOD, Emily→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2021-05-07
ALEXOPOULOS, Spyros→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2012-04-11 · resigned 2023-03-08
SHERWOOD, Gary Nicholas Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2021-05-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/05/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC (Cn: 01026167) | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/05/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/05/2012 | 04/06/2024 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 24/02/2012 | 04/06/2024 |
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Recent filings (65 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16