AGRISTA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09221199 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-16
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01630Post-harvest crop activities
  • 01640SIC 01640
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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 (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
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 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 employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRISTA LIMITED
  16. 2014-09-16
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    LEE, Marc Geoffrey appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

2 Bedford Terrace
North Shields, Tyne & Wear
NE29 0AW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LEE, Marc Geoffrey→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-09-16
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-06