AGAR BOWLES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13558372 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£9.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £9,806
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£10k
↑ 1956% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.0k | £17.4k |
| Current assets | £44.9k | £50.2k |
| Net assets | £9.8k | £477 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ffe Spv 2 Limited (Co. No. 14833449)
- 2025-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-10🏢Company incorporatedAs AGAR BOWLES LTD
- 2021-08-10➕AGAR, Lauren Robyn appointeddirector
- 2021-08-10➕BOWLES, Zoe Anne appointeddirector
- 2021-08-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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 "AGAR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Lauren Robyn Agar Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/08/2021 |
Ms Zoe Anne Bowles Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/08/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Bryant House Bryant Road
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 3EW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
AGAR, Lauren Robyn→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2021-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOWLES, Zoe Anne→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2021-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ffe Spv 2 (Co. No. 14833449) Ffe Spv 2 Limited (Co. No. 14833449) | A registered charge | 2 properties | 03/07/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-01