A J ROBERTS & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09560890 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2023-06-15
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  4. 2023-04-24
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  5. 2023-04-24
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  6. 2023-04-24
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  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-08
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  10. 2019-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-04
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-20
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2015-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As A J ROBERTS & SON LIMITED
  17. 2015-04-24
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    ROBERTS, Catherine Christina appointed
    director
  18. 2015-04-24
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    ROBERTS, Martyn John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-24
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +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 "ROBERTS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Martyn John Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 11/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Christina Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Maltravers House
Petters Way
Yeovil
BA20 1SH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-06
Last: 2025-04-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTS, Catherine Christina→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-04-24
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ROBERTS, Martyn John→
director · ~84y · appointed 2015-04-24
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Recent filings (25 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-08