A. PICTON & SONS (HAYDOCK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00840320 · ltd · incorporated 1965-03-09
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2023-04-05
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    IRWIN, Esther Louise appointed
    secretary
  8. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-07-01
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    IRWIN, Esther Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2012-07-01
    ➕
    PICTON-BARLOW, Joanne appointed
    director
  20. 2010-12-16
    ➖
    PICTON, Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-12-16
    ➖
    PICTON, Mary resigned
    director
  22. 1995-04-27
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    PICTON, Deryck Norman appointed
    director
  23. 1995-04-14
    ➖
    PICTON, Alfred resigned
    director
  24. 1965-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A. PICTON & SONS (HAYDOCK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PICTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 Patricia Mary Winifred Picton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/12/2016
Mr Deryck Norman Picton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Highfield Farm Waterworks Lane
Winwick
Warrington
WA2 8TB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

IRWIN, Esther Louise→
secretary · appointed 2023-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRWIN, Esther Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PICTON, Deryck Norman→
director · ~72y · appointed 1995-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PICTON-BARLOW, Joanne→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PICTON, Mary→
secretary · resigned 2010-12-16
Resigned
PICTON, Alfred→
director · ~103y · resigned 1995-04-14
Resigned
PICTON, Mary→
director · ~102y · resigned 2010-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11