AGECROFT PRISON MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03509050 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-12
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 27.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£59.64M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.8y

60/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
24 officers (4 active, 24 linked, 18 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £6,355,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Turnover£59.64M
Gross profit£7.47M
Operating profit£6.57M
Profit before tax£6.36M
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  3. 2023-10-11
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  4. 2022-11-17
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  5. 2022-11-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-13
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    COWDELL, Jonathan Nigel Edward, Mr. appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-13
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    LAKER, Gary John resigned
    director
  14. 2018-08-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-18
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-08-18
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-08-03
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    LAKER, Gary John appointed
    director
  20. 2017-08-03
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    LEECH, Anthony Leonard resigned
    director
  21. 2014-05-01
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    GARFINKLE, David appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-01
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    MULLENGER, Todd resigned
    director
  23. 2012-07-31
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    GARFINKLE, David resigned
    director
  24. 2012-07-17
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    GARFINKLE, David appointed
    director
  25. 2011-11-01
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    ANDREW, Philip Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2011-11-01
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    LEECH, Anthony Leonard appointed
    director
  27. 2009-12-11
    ➕
    ANDREW, Philip Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2009-12-11
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    LEECH, Anthony Leonard resigned
    director
  29. 2009-07-15
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    LEECH, Anthony Leonard appointed
    director
  30. 2009-07-15
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    NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville resigned
    director
  31. 2008-08-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Secretary of State for Justice
  32. 2007-03-16
    ➖
    LINGO JR, Irving E resigned
    director
  33. 2007-03-16
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    MULLENGER, Todd appointed
    director
  34. 2005-11-18
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    SODEXO CORPORATE SERVICES (NO.2) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2005-11-18
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    NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville resigned
    secretary
  36. 2005-10-20
    ➕
    CARTER, Stuart Anthony appointed
    director
  37. 2005-10-20
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    HERBERT JONES, Sian resigned
    director
  38. 2003-05-02
    ➖
    CUNY, Jean Pierre resigned
    director
  39. 2002-01-31
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    HERBERT JONES, Sian appointed
    director
  40. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    LINGO JR, Irving E appointed
    director
  41. 2001-07-20
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    VICK, Gay Etheridge resigned
    director
  42. 2001-04-06
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    NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville appointed
    secretary
  43. 2001-04-06
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    NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville appointed
    director
  44. 2001-04-01
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    REED, Alan Leslie resigned
    secretary
  45. 2001-04-01
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    MASSENGALE, Darrell resigned
    director
  46. 2001-04-01
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    REED, Alan Leslie resigned
    director
  47. 1998-07-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department
  48. 1998-05-27
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    MEHTA, Suhrud Prakash resigned
    secretary
  49. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    REED, Alan Leslie appointed
    secretary
  50. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    CUNY, Jean Pierre appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Group structure

Cca (Uk) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Cca (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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AGECROFT PRISON MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 03509050

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cca (Uk) Limited
Corporate entity
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

One
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 5HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (4 active · 20 resigned)

SODEXO CORPORATE SERVICES (NO.2) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Stuart Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWDELL, Jonathan Nigel Edward, Mr.→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-08-13
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Active
GARFINKLE, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEHTA, Suhrud Prakash→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned
NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-06 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
REED, Alan Leslie→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2001-04-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-12 · resigned 1998-03-10
Resigned
ANDREW, Philip Richard→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-12-11 · resigned 2011-11-01
Resigned
CUNY, Jean Pierre→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-02
Resigned
GARFINKLE, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-07-17 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned
HERBERT JONES, Sian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-01-31 · resigned 2005-10-20
Resigned
LAKER, Gary John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-08-03 · resigned 2018-08-13
Resigned
LEECH, Anthony Leonard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2017-08-03
Resigned
LEECH, Anthony Leonard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-07-15 · resigned 2009-12-11
Resigned
LINGO JR, Irving E→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-10-22 · resigned 2007-03-16
Resigned
MASSENGALE, Darrell→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2001-04-01
Resigned
MEHTA, Suhrud Prakash→
director · ~54y · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned
MULLENGER, Todd→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2014-05-01
Resigned
NAHAPIET, Herbert Neville→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-04-06 · resigned 2009-07-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Secretary of State for Justice
Supplemental charge1 property01/08/2008—
outstanding
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department
Deed of fixed charge1 property06/07/1998—
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Recent filings (123 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30