A & G LANDSCAPES & GROUNDWORKS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11299953 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£375.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -98% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.8y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £375,106
Cash draining
Cash down 98% YoY
Cash YoY
-98%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£185
↓ 98% YoY
Net Worth
£375k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£170k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£75k£150k£225k£300k£375kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£771.4k£610.3k
Current assets£169.8k£160.1k
Cash£185£9.6k
Debtors£115.8k£102.9k
Net assets£375.1k£350.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-09
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-02-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-26
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2021-08-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Fibr Capital Limited
  9. 2021-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & G LANDSCAPES & GROUNDWORKS LTD
  13. 2018-04-09
    ➕
    MERRELL, Andrew James appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-09
    ➕
    MERRELL, Georgina Hannah appointed
    director
  15. 2018-04-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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
Mr Andrew James Merrell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2018
Mrs Georgina Hannah Merrell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2018

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
Incorporated2018-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

1 Hazelwood Road
Nelson
Lancashire
BB9 9NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MERRELL, Andrew James→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-04-09
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MERRELL, Georgina Hannah→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-04-09
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Fibr Capital
Fibr Capital Limited
A registered charge1 property26/08/202109/02/2024

Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09