C.M.& G.W.GOACHER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00680099 · ltd · incorporated 1961-01-09
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 62.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£95.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01240
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 62.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 62.9 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 (77/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 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 £95,884
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£43k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£96k
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £103.7k | £96.5k |
| Current assets | £84.1k | £69.3k |
| Cash | £42.8k | £28.6k |
| Debtors | £15.8k | £16.0k |
| Net assets | £95.9k | £88.6k |
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-21➕GOACHER, Helen Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2025-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-15➖GOACHER, Judith Mary resigneddirector
- 2024-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-11-29📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-11-28➕GOACHER, Helen Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2021-11-28➖GOACHER, Judith Mary resignedsecretary
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2002-01-15➖GOACHER, Graham resigneddirector
- 1995-07-07➕GOACHER, Oliver John, Managing Director appointeddirector
- 1963-09-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1963-08-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1961-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs C.M.& G.W.GOACHER LIMITED
Owner dependency
99/100
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 "GOACHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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
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 Oliver John Goacher Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 07/04/2016 |
Mrs Helen Elizabeth Goacher Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/10/2025 |
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
Incorporated1961-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01240 — SIC 01240
Registered office
Green Acres Wood Lane
North Wheatley
Retford
Notts
DN22 9BG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
GOACHER, Helen Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-11-28
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GOACHER, Helen Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2025-04-21
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GOACHER, Oliver John, Managing Director→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1995-07-07
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GOACHER, Judith Mary→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2021-11-28
GOACHER, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2002-01-15
GOACHER, Judith Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2024-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 02/09/1963 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/08/1963 | — |
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Recent filings (93 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-11-29