AGMA HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08422866 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-27
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.86M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,862,030
Net assets shrinking
Down £119,764 YoY
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£644k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↓ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£396k£793k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£1.98M
Cash£643.8k£732.8k
Net assets£1.86M£1.98M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-29
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    FRANKLIN, Philippa Jane appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-05-09
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-05-09
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-03-01
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-06-04
    ➕
    FRANKLIN, Maxine Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2013-05-13
    ➕
    FRANKLIN, Malcolm Philip appointed
    director
  21. 2013-05-13
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    NICOLSON, Sean Torquil resigned
    director
  22. 2013-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AGMA HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2013-02-27
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Sean Torquil 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FRANKLIN, Philippa Jane (same surname) appointed 2025-10-29. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maxine Gillian Franklin
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Malcolm Philip Franklin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Gemini Works
Haltwhistle Industrial Estate
Haltwhistle
Northumberland
NE49 9HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FRANKLIN, Malcolm Philip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-05-13
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Active
FRANKLIN, Maxine Gillian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-06-04
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Active
FRANKLIN, Philippa Jane→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOLSON, Sean Torquil→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2013-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-02