DB AGRI LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08435434 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-07
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 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 35110SIC 35110
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.3 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4 | 300 |
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.
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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-05📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-05-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-05-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-03-07🏢Company incorporatedAs DB AGRI LIMITED
- 2013-03-07➕DE BOER, Frans appointeddirector
- 2013-03-07➕DE BOER, Georgina appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Akkelin Harris Individual · Dutch,British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/04/2024 |
Mrs Arianne Shapland Individual · Dutch · DOB 10/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/04/2024 |
Mrs Georgina De Boer Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Frans De Boer Individual · Dutch · DOB 10/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ype De Boerceased 08/04/2024· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID BICKERSTAFF FISHING LIMITED→ 11853251 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| DE ROSA-MAXTED (PROPERTIES) LIMITED→ 15003691 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| DEANS FARM ESTATE LTD→ 10894145 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| DOG SPLASH LIMITED→ 15627886 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EAST SUSSEX GAME FARM LIMITED→ 14833662 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EASTBOURNE DOGGY DAYCARE LTD→ 15435471 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EATON THORNE EQUESTRIAN LTD→ 14084856 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| EBFC LTD→ 16700411 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ECOSYLVA CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 10382271 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| EDEN TREE SURGERY LIMITED→ 14785500 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| EDENBERRY VINEYARD LTD→ 11044997 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Wappingthorn Farm House
Horsham Road
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3AA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DE BOER, Frans→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2013-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DE BOER, Georgina→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2013-03-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/02/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-05-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-05