AGRICULTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09102590 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-25
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
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
45 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 employees500500

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-07-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-05
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Fraser Edward appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-04
    ➖
    CREWDSON, Andrew James resigned
    director
  15. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-07-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2018-07-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2017-12-24
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Trevor John appointed
    director
  21. 2017-12-24
    ➕
    SMURTHWAITE, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2017-12-24
    ➕
    CREWDSON, Andrew James appointed
    director
  23. 2017-04-27
    ➕
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda appointed
    director
  24. 2014-10-06
    ➕
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda appointed
    secretary
  25. 2014-10-06
    ➖
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda resigned
    director
  26. 2014-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGRICULTURE LIMITED
  27. 2014-06-25
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Ashley-John Barber appointed
    director
  28. 2014-06-25
    ➕
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda 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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Andrew Smurthwaite
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/12/2017
Mr Trevor John Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/12/2017
Mr Ashley-John Barber Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew James Crewdsonceased 05/08/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Deer Park Annex Long Causeway
Great Thirkleby
Thirsk
N.Yorks
YO7 2AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Ashley-John Barber→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Trevor John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Fraser Edward→
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMURTHWAITE, Andrew→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-06-25 · resigned 2014-10-06
Resigned
CREWDSON, Andrew James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-12-24 · resigned 2019-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04