CLIVEDEN STUD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00376663 · ltd · incorporated 1942-10-15

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 54.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 54.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 54.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 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

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	400	400

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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accounts · AA
2026-01-02
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officers · TM01
2025-11-30
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FREEDMAN, Lucinda Jane resigned
director
2025-06-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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officers · CH01
2024-12-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-08-06
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-08-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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FREEDMAN, Lucinda Jane appointed
director
2008-10-30
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FERRIER, Louisa resigned
director
2007-05-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2007-05-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2006-06-01
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FREEDMAN, Lucinda Jane appointed
secretary
2006-06-01
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SHORE, Margarette Rose resigned
secretary
2005-07-08
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DUDLEY, John Nevil Waddell resigned
director
2002-10-10
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FERRIER, Louisa appointed
director
2001-12-01
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FREEDMAN, Valerie resigned
secretary
2001-12-01
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SHORE, Margarette Rose appointed
secretary
2001-12-01
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FREEDMAN, Valerie resigned
director
1998-12-21
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FREEDMAN, Louis resigned
director
1983-09-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: William's and Glyn's Bank PLC
1971-08-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Williams & Glyns Bank LTD
1942-10-15
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Company incorporated
As CLIVEDEN STUD LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 84 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip William Freedman Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1942-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

2 Communications Road

Greenham Business Park

Newbury

Berkshire

RG19 6AB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

FREEDMAN, Lucinda Jane→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

FERRIER, Michael Anthony Gournay→

director · ~77y

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Active

FREEDMAN, Clive→

director · ~73y

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Active

FREEDMAN, Philip William→

director · ~65y

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Active

FREEDMAN, Valerie→

secretary · resigned 2001-12-01

Resigned

SHORE, Margarette Rose→

secretary · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2006-06-01

Resigned

DUDLEY, John Nevil Waddell→

director · ~112y · resigned 2005-07-08

Resigned

FERRIER, Louisa→

director · ~49y · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2008-10-30

Resigned

FREEDMAN, Louis→

director · ~109y · resigned 1998-12-21

Resigned

FREEDMAN, Lucinda Jane→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-11-29 · resigned 2025-11-30

Resigned

FREEDMAN, Valerie→

director · ~94y · resigned 2001-12-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	William's and Glyn's Bank William's and Glyn's Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	01/09/1983	22/05/2007
	satisfied	Williams & Glyns Bank Williams & Glyns Bank LTD	Debenture	1 property	18/08/1971	22/05/2007

Recent filings (122 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-02

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

officers · TM01

2026-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-02

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

officers · CH01

2024-12-17

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-12-16

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

officers · CH01

2024-12-16

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

officers · CH01

2024-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-21