PRENTICE AGRICULTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive

09456595 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-24

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£65.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £65,613

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£280k

Net Worth

£66k

Current Assets

£1.3m

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.08M	—
Current assets	£1.26M	—
Cash	£279.8k	—
Debtors	£917.4k	—
Net assets	£65.6k	—
Average employees	—	300

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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accounts · AA
2021-10-31
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accounts · AA
2021-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-01
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accounts · AA
2016-10-17
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accounts · AA
2016-03-08
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2015-02-25
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2015-02-24
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Company incorporated
As PRENTICE AGRICULTURE LTD
2015-02-24
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PRENTICE, Keith appointed
director
2015-02-24
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PRENTICE, Mark appointed
director
2015-02-24
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PRENTICE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith Prentice Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	24/02/2017
Mr Mark Prentice Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	24/02/2017

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

Incorporated2015-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Hutton Mains Farmhouse

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

TD15 1TD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PRENTICE, Keith→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-02-24

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PRENTICE, Mark→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-02-24

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