AR & D LAUGHTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09570838 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-01

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

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

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2024-12-19
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2023-08-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2017-03-13
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accounts · AA
2016-12-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2016-05-20
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2016-05-11
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accounts · AA01
2015-07-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Agribank PLC
2015-05-01
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Company incorporated
As AR & D LAUGHTON LIMITED
2015-05-01
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LAUGHTON, Andrew Rodger appointed
director
2015-05-01
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LAUGHTON, Deborah appointed
director

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 "LAUGHTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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

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 Andrew Rodger Laughton Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Laughton Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-05-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Laughtons Of Louth Southfield Farm

Legbourne Road

Louth

Lincolnshire

LN11 8LQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-15

Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAUGHTON, Andrew Rodger→

director · ~63y · appointed 2015-05-01

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LAUGHTON, Deborah→

director · ~65y · appointed 2015-05-01

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Agribank Agribank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	07/07/2015	—

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