ARBORAGRI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08585104 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-26

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-9.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £9,810

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£10k

↑ 77% YoY

Current Assets

£115k

↑ 78% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£25.7k	£-18.8k
Current assets	£115.4k	£64.8k
Net assets	£-9.8k	£-42.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-07
📄
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-03-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-27
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-06-27
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-27
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-30
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-09-18
➕
POWELL, Alexandra Miller appointed
director
2013-06-26
🏢
Company incorporated
As ARBORAGRI LIMITED
2013-06-26
➕
POWELL, Alexandra Miller appointed
secretary
2013-06-26
➕
HOLBROW, Andrew Stanley Tucker appointed
director
2013-06-26
➕
HOLBROW, Carol Eileen appointed
director
2013-06-26
➕
POWELL, Colin James appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin James Powell Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Stanley Tucker Holbrow Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · SY postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A & H SWEETS & SOFT DRINKS LTD→ 04954721 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
A P SOURCING LIMITED→ 07891269 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
ABERYSTWYTH SOFT DRINKS LTD→ 10459362 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AFFILIATED APPAREL LTD→ 13007856 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AG SPIRITS LTD→ 15786066 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AGRI-DROID UK LTD→ 13675258 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
AJAC OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD→ 07739720 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
ALFA FOILS LIMITED→ 05024847 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
AMDEGA BRANDS LIMITED→ 03482892 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	—	—
ARDERN EXPORTS LTD→ 14192011 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ARK PS LIMITED→ 15915073 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ASPI LIMITED→ 01401605 · est 1978 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	47y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Whitewayhead

Knowbury

Ludlow

Shropshire

SY8 3LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

POWELL, Alexandra Miller→

secretary · appointed 2013-06-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOLBROW, Andrew Stanley Tucker→

director · ~82y · appointed 2013-06-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOLBROW, Carol Eileen→

director · ~78y · appointed 2013-06-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

POWELL, Alexandra Miller→

director · ~51y · appointed 2013-09-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

POWELL, Colin James→

director · ~53y · appointed 2013-06-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.