C.E.RUDGE AND SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00493260 · ltd · incorporated 1951-03-28
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 46.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£13.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01450
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 46.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 46.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £13,401
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,085 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£13k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£190k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £38.7k | £73.5k |
| Current assets | £189.7k | £244.2k |
| Cash | — | £34.8k |
| Debtors | £33.2k | £28.6k |
| Net assets | £13.4k | £38.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-01-23➖RUDGE, Norma resignedsecretary
- 2024-01-23➖RUDGE, Norma resigneddirector
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-04-10➕RUDGE, Jennifer Helen appointeddirector
- 2007-04-10➖RUDGE, David Wills resigneddirector
- 2007-04-10➕RUDGE, Norma appointeddirector
- 1980-04-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
- 1951-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs C.E.RUDGE AND SONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "RUDGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 75 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher David Rudge Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2024 |
Mrs Jennifer Helen Rudge Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 09/10/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Norma Rudgeceased 01/07/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1951-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450
Registered office
Baysham Farm,
Sellack,
Nr Ross-On-Wye
Herefordshire
HR9 6QR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
RUDGE, Jennifer Helen→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2007-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RUDGE, Norma→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2024-01-23
RUDGE, David Wills→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · resigned 2007-04-10
RUDGE, Norma→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2007-04-10 · resigned 2024-01-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank LTD | Legal charge | 1 property | 28/04/1980 | — |
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Recent filings (97 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12