AGRITRADE NEWS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09329026 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-26
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-06➕DAY, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-01-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs AGRITRADE NEWS LIMITED
- 2014-11-26➕DAY, Ian Jamieson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Ian Jamieson Day Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Registered office
42 Tyttenhanger Green
Tyttenhanger
St. Albans
AL4 0RW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DAY, Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2019-04-06
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DAY, Ian Jamieson→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2014-11-26
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Recent filings (26 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-04