AGRI-BIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC117399 · ltd · incorporated 1989-04-20
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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, 2 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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£211k£422k£633k£844k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash—£512.3k
Net assets—£1.06M
Average employees200—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-02-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-05-21
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    DONKIN, Mary Helen Weir appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2019-05-29
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    DONKIN, Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 1996-01-23
    ➖
    DONKIN, Angus Ewart resigned
    secretary
  19. 1996-01-23
    ➕
    DONKIN, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-01-23
    ➖
    MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  21. 1996-01-23
    ➖
    DONKIN, Angus Ewart resigned
    director
  22. 1993-07-01
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-07-01
    ➖
    SPECKMAN, Calvin resigned
    director
  24. 1991-03-31
    ➖
    MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  25. 1991-02-26
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  26. 1989-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AGRI-BIO LIMITED
  27. 1989-04-20
    ➕
    DONKIN, Angus Ewart appointed
    director
  28. 1989-04-20
    ➕
    SPECKMAN, Calvin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Angus Ewart Donkin
Individual · British · DOB 05/1943 · age 83
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-04-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

Inverey
11 West Park Road
Cupar
KY15 5DJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DONKIN, Angus Ewart→
director · ~83y · appointed 1989-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONKIN, Mary Helen Weir→
director · ~82y · appointed 2023-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONKIN, Angus Ewart→
secretary · resigned 1996-01-23
Resigned
DONKIN, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-23 · resigned 2019-05-29
Resigned
MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 1996-01-23
Resigned
MAXWELL, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1991-02-26 · resigned 1991-03-31
Resigned
DONKIN, Angus Ewart→
director · ~83y · resigned 1996-01-23
Resigned
SPECKMAN, Calvin→
director · ~80y · appointed 1989-04-20 · resigned 1993-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13