CARL LEE & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00465653 · ltd · incorporated 1949-03-12
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 65.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 65.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 65.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 3 | 400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-01➕JACKLIN-LEE, Charlotte appointeddirector
- 2025-11-01➖LEE, Christine Janet resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-01➖LEE, Christine Janet resigneddirector
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-08-23📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-08-23📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-08-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-08-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-03-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-02-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-02-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-02-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2018-03-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-09-18➕LEE, Roger Daniel appointeddirector
- 2010-11-18➕LEE, Christine Janet appointeddirector
- 2010-09-14➖LEE, Gerald resigneddirector
- 1997-12-31➕LEE, Martin Gordon appointeddirector
- 1997-12-31➖LEE, Kenneth Gordon resigneddirector
- 1991-11-12➕LEE, Christine Janet appointedsecretary
- 1991-11-12➖LEE, Kenneth Gordon resignedsecretary
- 1961-05-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank LTD
- 1949-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs CARL LEE & SONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: LEE, Christine Janet resigned 2025-11-01; LEE, Christine Janet resigned 2025-11-01
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1949-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
30 High Street
Tadlow
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 0ET
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
JACKLIN-LEE, Charlotte→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Martin Gordon→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1997-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Roger Daniel→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2017-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Christine Janet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1991-11-12 · resigned 2025-11-01
LEE, Kenneth Gordon→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1991-11-12
LEE, Christine Janet→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2010-11-18 · resigned 2025-11-01
LEE, Gerald→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2010-09-14
LEE, Kenneth Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 1997-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 11/05/1961 | 21/03/2018 |
Recent filings (112 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-09-05
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-08-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-08-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-29