AGRICO UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC183233 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-23

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 15.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01610Support activities for crop production
01630Post-harvest crop activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (50/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	12	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-08-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-01
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MOORE, Alexander appointed
secretary
2025-08-01
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MOORE, Alexander appointed
director
2025-08-01
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FONTAINE, Gilles resigned
secretary
2025-08-01
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FONTAINE, Gilles resigned
director
2025-03-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-31
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FONTAINE, Gilles appointed
secretary
2024-07-31
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GIBSON, Archibald James Graham resigned
secretary
2024-07-31
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FONTAINE, Gilles appointed
director
2024-07-31
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GIBSON, Archibald James Graham resigned
director
2024-07-31
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-07-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-01
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VAN HOOGEN, Jan, Director resigned
director
2023-12-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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ZUIDHOF, Mark appointed
director
2022-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-03-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2011-06-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-02-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-12-21
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VAN HOOGEN, Jan, Director appointed
director
2008-04-09
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GIBSON, Archibald James Graham appointed
secretary
2008-04-09
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SLIJKHUIS, Jan resigned
secretary
2008-04-09
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GIBSON, Archibald James Graham appointed
director
2008-04-09
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SLIJKHUIS, Jan resigned
director
2008-01-07
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MASTENBROEK, Ingetje, Dr. Lr resigned
director
2007-12-20
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MASTENBROEK, Ingetje, Dr. Lr appointed
director
2007-12-20
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VAN ARENDONK, Cornelius Johannes Marie resigned
director
2007-09-13
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SLIJKHUIS, Jan appointed
secretary
2007-09-13
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SLIJKHUIS, Jan appointed
director
2007-09-12
➖
REISS, Ronald Mckenzie resigned
secretary
2007-09-12
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REISS, Ronald Mckenzie resigned
director
1998-06-29
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REISS, Ronald Mckenzie appointed
secretary
1998-06-29
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-06-29
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REISS, Ronald Mckenzie appointed
director
1998-06-29
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VAN ARENDONK, Cornelius Johannes Marie appointed
director
1998-06-29
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited 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 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FONTAINE, Gilles resigned 2025-08-01; FONTAINE, Gilles resigned 2025-08-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Zuidhof Individual · Dutch · DOB 12/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	11/12/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Jan Van Hoogenceased 01/01/2024· board control · trust interest · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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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

Incorporated1998-02-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Castleton Of Eassie

Eassie

Forfar

Angus

DD8 1SJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

MOORE, Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2025-08-01

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Active

MOORE, Alexander→

director · ~41y · appointed 2025-08-01

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Active

ZUIDHOF, Mark→

director · ~50y · appointed 2023-12-11

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Active

FONTAINE, Gilles→

secretary · appointed 2024-07-31 · resigned 2025-08-01

Resigned

GIBSON, Archibald James Graham→

secretary · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2024-07-31

Resigned

REISS, Ronald Mckenzie→

secretary · appointed 1998-06-29 · resigned 2007-09-12

Resigned

SLIJKHUIS, Jan→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-13 · resigned 2008-04-09

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-23 · resigned 1998-06-29

Resigned

FONTAINE, Gilles→

director · ~57y · appointed 2024-07-31 · resigned 2025-08-01

Resigned

GIBSON, Archibald James Graham→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2024-07-31

Resigned

MASTENBROEK, Ingetje, Dr. Lr→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2008-01-07

Resigned

REISS, Ronald Mckenzie→

director · ~72y · appointed 1998-06-29 · resigned 2007-09-12

Resigned

SLIJKHUIS, Jan→

director · ~78y · appointed 2007-09-13 · resigned 2008-04-09

Resigned

VAN ARENDONK, Cornelius Johannes Marie→

director · ~75y · appointed 1998-06-29 · resigned 2007-12-20

Resigned

VAN HOOGEN, Jan, Director→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2024-01-01

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-02-23 · resigned 1998-06-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	08/06/2011	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	01/02/2011	—

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-12-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-08-04

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-08-04

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-08-04

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-14

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-03-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-03-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-10-31

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-09-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-24

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2024-07-31