J & C GRIFFITHS AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08704499 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 12.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.1 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees7700

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.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-04-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-03-31
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    GRIFFITHS, James Iain David resigned
    director
  8. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    GRIFFITHS, Matthew Howard Louis resigned
    director
  9. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2021-01-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-05-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2013-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As J & C GRIFFITHS AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
  20. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Andrew Benjamin Rhys appointed
    director
  21. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Edwin John Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Ian David appointed
    director
  23. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Kathleen Mavourneen appointed
    director
  24. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, James Iain David appointed
    director
  25. 2013-09-24
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Matthew Howard Louis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRIFFITHS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian David Griffiths
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Pipton
Three Cocks
Brecon
Powys
LD3 0SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Andrew Benjamin Rhys→
director · ~40y · appointed 2013-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Edwin John Christopher→
director · ~45y · appointed 2013-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Ian David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Kathleen Mavourneen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, James Iain David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-09-24 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Matthew Howard Louis→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-09-24 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—20/05/2014—
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-12
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-01-09