ASHFIELD PIGGERIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07756826 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-30
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 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01460
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 13.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.0 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, 1 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,216,563
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,682 YoY
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£401k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£245k£489k£734k£979k£1.2mAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£1.22M£1.24M
Current assets£1.04M£1.10M
Cash£401.0k£403.6k
Debtors£201.0k£245.7k
Net assets£1.22M£1.22M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-05-31
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  5. 2022-05-31
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  6. 2021-05-28
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  7. 2020-05-29
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  8. 2019-05-29
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  9. 2018-05-30
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  10. 2016-12-23
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  11. 2016-09-17
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2016-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-13
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    SHAW, James resigned
    director
  14. 2015-09-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-31
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  16. 2014-09-23
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  17. 2013-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  18. 2011-08-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHFIELD PIGGERIES LTD
  19. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    SHAW, Lesley Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    SHAW, David Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    SHAW, Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    SHAW, Lesley Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    SHAW, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Executor Of David Anthony Shaw
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2011-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01460 — SIC 01460

Registered office

Ashfield Piggeries Wyke Lane
Oakenshaw
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD12 7HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SHAW, Lesley Jane→
secretary · appointed 2011-08-30
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Active
SHAW, David Anthony→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-08-30
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Active
SHAW, Jonathan Mark→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-08-30
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Active
SHAW, Lesley Jane→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-08-30
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Active
SHAW, James→
director · ~98y · appointed 2011-08-30 · resigned 2016-05-13
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 Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge1 property01/08/2013—
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-29