A L LEE & SONS (PRODUCE) LTD

🌳Matureactive

08383643 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-31

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.

· Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 71 → 79
· Bankability: 70 → 80

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
↑Opportunity score: 71 → 79
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 70 → 80
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 12.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 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

33 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	5	500

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-29
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-01-28
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officers · CH01
2025-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-01
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annual-return · AR01
2013-09-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-01-31
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Company incorporated
As A L LEE & SONS (PRODUCE) LTD
2013-01-31
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LEE, Anthony Leonard appointed
director
2013-01-31
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LEE, Barbara Joan appointed
director
2013-01-31
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LEE, Robert James appointed
director
2013-01-31
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LEE, Stephen Anthony appointed
director
2013-01-31
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PARRY, Sarah Chantelle appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
Anthony Leonard Lee Individual · English · DOB 01/1941 · age 85	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-01-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

Whitebridge Farm Ely Road

Littleport

Ely

Cambridgeshire

CB6 1RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31