AGRI SPAR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08724252 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£158.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46140

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £158,209

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£158k

↑ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

£375k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£159.7k	£149.9k
Current assets	£374.5k	£313.9k
Net assets	£158.2k	£148.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2025-03-26
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2023-07-28
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2022-07-08
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2021-07-26
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2020-06-23
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2019-07-17
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2018-07-30
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2017-07-28
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2016-06-30
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2016-06-14
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2016-01-18
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2015-10-19
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2013-10-09
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Company incorporated
As AGRI SPAR LIMITED
2013-10-09
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JONES, Jonathan Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathon Michael Jones Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-10-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Suite 1a 34 West Street

Retford

Nottinghamshire

DN22 6ES

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JONES, Jonathan Michael→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-10-09

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Active

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

Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-01-29

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2025-11-03

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accounts · AA

2025-03-26

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-28

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2022-11-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-07-08

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2021-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-07-26

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2020-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-18