AGES AGRICULTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08586757 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-26
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

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

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-03-08
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    DAWKINS, Royston Mcdermott appointed
    director
  9. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-03-20
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    SMITH, Albert resigned
    director
  12. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-05-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  20. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Albert appointed
    director
  21. 2018-05-01
    ➖
    KNOWLEDGE MATTERS UK LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2015-02-03
    ➖
    DAWKINS, Leon Anthony resigned
    director
  23. 2015-01-31
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Sophie appointed
    director
  24. 2015-01-31
    ➕
    KNOWLEDGE MATTERS UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2013-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AGES AGRICULTURE LTD
  26. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    DAWKINS, Leon Anthony 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Africa Growth And Energy Solutions Uk Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Africa Growth And Energy Solutions Uk Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AGES AGRICULTURE LTD
This company · 08586757

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Africa Growth And Energy Solutions Uk Ltd.
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/02/2019

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
Incorporated2013-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

C/O Chandler & Georges
75 Westow Hill
London
SE19 1TX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DAWKINS, Royston Mcdermott→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Sophie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWKINS, Leon Anthony→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-06-26 · resigned 2015-02-03
Resigned
SMITH, Albert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2020-03-20
Resigned
KNOWLEDGE MATTERS UK LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2015-01-31 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-24