GROVE BROTHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09053252 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-22
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 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 11.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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
70
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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees7800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-12-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-12-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-11-24
    ➕
    GROVE, Samuel Douglas appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2014-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As GROVE BROTHERS LIMITED
  21. 2014-05-22
    ➕
    GROVE, Amanda appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-22
    ➕
    GROVE, Martin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GROVE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GROVE, Samuel Douglas (same surname) appointed 2025-11-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Douglas Grove
Individual · British · DOB 03/1999 · age 27
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/11/2025
Mrs Amanda Grove
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Martin Grove
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Bytham Farm
Ogbourne St. George
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 2NS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GROVE, Amanda→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-22
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Active
GROVE, Martin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-05-22
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Active
GROVE, Samuel Douglas→
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-11-24
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—02/10/2014—
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19