ASTLEY LIVESTOCK LTD.

🌳Matureactive

08151687 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-20

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 13.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01420

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2021-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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capital · SH01
2020-06-08
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-03-10
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accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-08-08
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mortgage · MR01
2018-07-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-05-26
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accounts · AA
2012-09-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2012-07-20
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Company incorporated
As ASTLEY LIVESTOCK LTD.
2012-07-20
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ASTLEY, Edward Robert appointed
director
2012-07-20
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ASTLEY, Simon Robert appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ASTLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Robert Astley Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/07/2016

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

Incorporated2012-07-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

1 West Stobswood

Morpeth

Northumberland

NE61 3AZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASTLEY, Edward Robert→

director · ~41y · appointed 2012-07-20

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Active

ASTLEY, Simon Robert→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-07-20

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/07/2018	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)	Debenture	1 property	20/09/2012	—

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Recent filings (35 total)

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address · AD01

2026-04-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-26