AGROSMART LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07620029 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-03
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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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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
1 live charge · oldest 2.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (58/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2023-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-02-10➕DREW, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2011-05-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AGROSMART LIMITED
- 2011-05-03➕HAIGH, Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Graham Haigh Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52 | — | 75–100% | 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20200 — SIC 20200
Registered office
Unit 1c Victoria Court
Colliers Way Clayton West
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD8 9TR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DREW, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2012-02-10
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HAIGH, Graham→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2011-05-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/10/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29