ANGLIA GROWERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10451540 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-28
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£3.77M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,769,586
Net assets shrinking
Down £673,544 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.8m
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£3.8m
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£5.1m
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.0m£2.1m£3.1m£4.1m£5.1mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£3.77M£4.45M
Current assets£5.07M£5.15M
Cash£2.84M£3.34M
Debtors£1.84M£1.72M
Net assets£3.77M£4.44M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 4 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-27
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-25
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-03-25
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-03-14
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Abi appointed
    director
  6. 2026-03-14
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Joshua appointed
    director
  7. 2026-03-12
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2026-03-12
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, James appointed
    director
  9. 2025-07-29
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  10. 2024-07-30
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  11. 2023-06-20
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  12. 2022-03-22
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  13. 2021-03-08
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  14. 2020-07-09
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  15. 2019-07-17
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  16. 2018-06-13
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  17. 2016-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA GROWERS LIMITED
  18. 2016-10-28
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 2016-10-28
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    LAWRENCE, Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2016-10-28
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Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LAWRENCE, Abi (same surname) appointed 2026-03-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mary Lawrence
Individual · British · DOB 05/1937 · age 89
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/10/2016
Mr Kenneth Lawrence
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

New Road
Upwell
Wisbech
PE14 9AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

LAWRENCE, Abi→
director · ~22y · appointed 2026-03-14
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Active
LAWRENCE, Andrew→
director · ~52y · appointed 2026-03-12
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Active
LAWRENCE, James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-03-12
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Active
LAWRENCE, Joshua→
director · ~19y · appointed 2026-03-14
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Active
LAWRENCE, Kenneth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-10-28
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Active
LAWRENCE, Mary→
director · ~89y · appointed 2016-10-28
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
2026-03-27
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officers · AP01
2026-03-25
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officers · AP01
2026-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10