AD FEEDSTOCK LTD
🌳Matureactive
09474868 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-06
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-171.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
29 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £171,160
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£23k
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£171k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£23k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-171.2k | £-171.1k |
| Current assets | £22.9k | £23.0k |
| Cash | £22.9k | £23.0k |
| Net assets | £-171.2k | £-171.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-03-01➖SUGGITT, Steven resigneddirector
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-04-03➕CLAYTON, Thomas Philip Vincent appointeddirector
- 2017-04-03➕SOUTHGATE, Robert James appointeddirector
- 2015-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AD FEEDSTOCK LTD
- 2015-03-06➕LONG, Richard Thomas appointeddirector
- 2015-03-06➕SUGGITT, Steven appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Philip Vincent Clayton Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/04/2017 |
Mr Richard Thomas Long Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Steven Suggittceased 01/03/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Active · Agriculture · NR postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & R THORNTON FARMING LTD→ 14862339 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A T COOMBES ASSOCIATES LIMITED→ 08901061 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| A. CLARK (TRUNCH) LIMITED→ 00975389 · est 1970 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 56y | — | — |
| A. FARRELL CONTRACTING LTD→ 11764597 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| A.& E.COOKE(FARMERS)LIMITED→ 00421127 · est 1946 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 79y | — | — |
| A.G. DREW ELECTRICAL LIMITED→ 07399958 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| A.H. SLATER & CO. LIMITED→ 01158577 · est 1974 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| A.J. MCCALLUM LIMITED→ 04941743 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| A.J. SHORTEN LIMITED→ 01517079 · est 1980 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 45y | — | — |
| A.SILLETT TREE SURGEON LTD→ 10576593 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ADA COLE MEMORIAL STABLES→ 00669070 · est 1960 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 65y | — | — |
| ADAMSARBOR LTD→ 16756794 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities
Registered office
Whitehall Farm
Crownthorpe
Wymondham
NR18 9EP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
CLAYTON, Thomas Philip Vincent→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2017-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONG, Richard Thomas→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2015-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SOUTHGATE, Robert James→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2017-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SUGGITT, Steven→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2015-03-06 · resigned 2019-03-01
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-11