CUMBERLAND ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00651292 · ltd · incorporated 1960-03-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 45.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£327
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46439
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 70). 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 45.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 45.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £327
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£327
Current Assets
£94k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.0k | — |
| Current assets | £93.7k | — |
| Net assets | £327 | — |
| Average employees | — | 300 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-04-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-04-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-04-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2006-09-27➖WOODEND, Francis resigneddirector
- 2000-04-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1993-04-14➖WOODEND, Christopher Henry resigneddirector
- 1980-07-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
- 1960-03-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CUMBERLAND ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Raymond Francis Woodend Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/07/2016 |
Mr William James Lancaster Woodend Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/07/2016 |
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
Incorporated1960-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439
Registered office
Unit 8c Sneckyeat Road Industrial Estate
Hensingham
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 8PF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
WOODEND, Christopher Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 1993-04-14
WOODEND, Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2006-09-27
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 06/04/2000 | 18/04/2019 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank LTD | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 16/07/1980 | 18/04/2019 |
Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22