AGT FARMS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11074062 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 6.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-02-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  4. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-10-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-09-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-08-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2022-08-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  14. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-07-01
    TROUGHTON, Milcah appointed
    director
  19. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-04-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2020-04-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  22. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AGT FARMS LIMITED
  24. 2017-11-21
    TROUGHTON, Benjamin appointed
    director
  25. 2017-11-21
    TROUGHTON, Diane appointed
    director
  26. 2017-11-21
    TROUGHTON, Steve appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Troughton
Individual · English · DOB 08/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/11/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Diane Troughtonceased 30/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Steve Troughtonceased 30/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2017-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Unit 2 Greenways Business Park
Bellinger Close
Chippenham
SN15 1BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

TROUGHTON, Benjamin
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Active
TROUGHTON, Diane
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Active
TROUGHTON, Milcah
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-07-01
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Active
TROUGHTON, Steve
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/02/2025
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property16/08/2022
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/04/2020
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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-17