POOLE EQUINE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10404777 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-6.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,441
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £15.3k | £18.1k |
| Current assets | £13.7k | £18.8k |
| Debtors | £13.7k | £18.8k |
| Net assets | £-6.4k | £-8.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
2
filings
- • 2 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-06-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ukal NO3 Limited
- 2026-06-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ukal NO3 Limited
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-10-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-10-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-10-15➕SMITH, Alex Robert William appointeddirector
- 2016-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs POOLE EQUINE LIMITED
- 2016-09-30➕POOLE, Lucas 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POOLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alex Robert William Smith Individual · British · DOB 08/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/10/2018 |
Lucas Poole Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| IEC BEEF LIMITED→ 11134854 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430
Registered office
29 Boscobel Road
Buntingsdale
Market Drayton
TF9 2HG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
POOLE, Lucas→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2016-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Alex Robert William→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2018-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ukal NO3 Ukal NO3 Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/06/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Ukal NO3 Ukal NO3 Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/06/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (30 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28