ABERGAVENNY AREA COMMUNITY ORCHARDS AND GARDENS CIC

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07768414 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-09-09

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01240SIC 01240

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (12 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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2025-09-11
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2025-09-11
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2025-09-11
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2025-09-11
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officers · AP03
2025-07-20
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GODFREY-DAVIES, Rosie appointed
secretary
2025-07-20
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DAVIES, Robert William Jeffrey appointed
director
2025-07-20
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WOODROW, Jessica appointed
director
2025-07-20
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BILSBOROUGH, Simon resigned
secretary
2025-05-23
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2024-05-01
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2023-05-31
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2022-05-25
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2021-06-07
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accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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officers · TM01
2020-09-15
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officers · AP03
2020-09-15
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officers · TM02
2020-09-15
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officers · AP01
2020-09-15
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2020-09-15
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2020-08-11
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2020-05-23
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GODFREY-DAVIES, Rosie appointed
director
2020-05-23
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HANNAY, Patrick John Stewart appointed
director
2020-05-23
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HUDSON, Heulwen appointed
director
2020-05-23
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BILSBOROUGH, Simon appointed
secretary
2020-05-23
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BURCH, Sara Jane resigned
secretary
2020-05-23
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LLEWELLYN DIXON, Elizabeth Jane resigned
director
2019-06-05
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2016-12-05
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BILSBOROUGH, Simon, Dr appointed
director
2016-05-03
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LLEWELLYN DIXON, Elizabeth Jane appointed
director
2014-12-13
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JONES, Laurence Raymond resigned
director
2014-05-15
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BARNETT, Elizabeth Mary resigned
director
2014-05-11
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BRAMLEY, Thomas Stephen resigned
director
2013-05-11
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BROCKLESBY, Mary Ann Shelley, Cllr appointed
director
2013-05-11
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JONES, Shirley Susan appointed
director
2013-05-11
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BARNETT, Elizabeth Mary appointed
director
2013-05-11
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BRAMLEY, Thomas Stephen appointed
director
2012-09-30
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SHIVEL, Jean resigned
director
2012-06-01
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JONES, David Bryn resigned
director
2012-05-11
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DAVIES, Jeffrey William appointed
director
2011-11-01
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HOLDER, Susan Jane appointed
director
2011-11-01
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JONES, Laurence Raymond appointed
director
2011-09-09
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Company incorporated
As ABERGAVENNY AREA COMMUNITY ORCHARDS AND GARDENS CIC
2011-09-09
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BURCH, Sara Jane appointed
director
2011-09-09
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BURCH, Sara Jane appointed
secretary
2011-09-09
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JONES, David Bryn appointed
director
2011-09-09
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SHIVEL, Jean appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2011-09-09

Jurisdictionwales

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

17 Mount Street

Abergavenny

NP7 7DT

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09