ACG&S FARMING LTD
🌳Matureactive
07878672 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-12
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 3.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01240
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 3.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (65/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
45 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.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-05-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-08-29➕GOATHAM, Pauline Linda appointeddirector
- 2012-08-29➕GOATHAM, Scott William Arthur appointeddirector
- 2011-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACG&S FARMING LTD
- 2011-12-12➕GOATHAM, Clive Arthur appointeddirector
- 2011-12-12➕GOATHAM, Ross Manser appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A J BRAY & SONS LIMITED→ 06677121 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| A. HINGE & SONS LIMITED→ 00372246 · est 1942 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 84y | — | — |
| A.J THOMPSON & SONS LTD→ 06964816 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| A&S GROWERS→ 11871372 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACE BAITS LTD→ 16029298 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AF FISHING LTD→ 14543945 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AGRI AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES LTD→ 11134691 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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| AR FARMING LTD→ 12930038 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ARC INFINITY UK LIMITED→ 16827762 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01240 — SIC 01240
Registered office
Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway
Hoo
Rochester
Kent
ME3 8QE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
GOATHAM, Clive Arthur→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2011-12-12
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GOATHAM, Pauline Linda→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2012-08-29
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GOATHAM, Ross Manser→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2011-12-12
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GOATHAM, Scott William Arthur→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-08-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/05/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-12