CEMENT ADMIXTURES ASSOCIATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00776135 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1963-10-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
46 officers (1 active, 46 linked, 41 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
179 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-13
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    DOWIE, Neil Crichton resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-03-31
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    RUSSELL, Mark Lincoln resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-08-06
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    WELSH, Drummond George resigned
    director
  8. 2024-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-07-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-04-23
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    ATTREE, Gerard Peter Joseph resigned
    director
  12. 2024-04-23
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    COURTNEY-WARD, Dean Gerard resigned
    director
  13. 2023-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-12-04
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    PRITCHARD, Julian Andrew resigned
    director
  15. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-11-14
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    PRITCHARD, Julian Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-07-14
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  21. 2021-04-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2021-04-01
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    RUSSELL, Mark Lincoln appointed
    secretary
  23. 2021-03-31
    ➖
    GROUNDS, Trevor, Dr resigned
    secretary
  24. 2021-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2020-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2020-11-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2020-11-01
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    COURTNEY-WARD, Dean Gerard appointed
    director
  28. 2020-07-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  29. 2020-07-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  30. 2020-07-03
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    WILLIAMS, Ian Benjamin resigned
    director
  31. 2020-06-17
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    ATTREE, Gerard Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  32. 2020-06-17
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    WELSH, Drummond George appointed
    director
  33. 2020-06-10
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    MCDONALD, Gordon Robert James resigned
    director
  34. 2020-06-03
    ➖
    THOMAS, Damian resigned
    director
  35. 2019-06-19
    ➖
    CLARKE, Dean resigned
    director
  36. 2018-06-27
    ➖
    FORSYTH, Thomas Alexander resigned
    director
  37. 2018-06-27
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Ian Benjamin appointed
    director
  38. 2017-07-01
    ➖
    DRANSFIELD, John Michael resigned
    secretary
  39. 2017-07-01
    ➕
    GROUNDS, Trevor, Dr appointed
    secretary
  40. 2016-06-16
    ➕
    THOMAS, Damian appointed
    director
  41. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    MOORFIELD, Graham resigned
    director
  42. 2014-04-01
    ➖
    BRAVERY, Paul Bowen resigned
    director
  43. 2012-11-14
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    BRAVERY, Paul Bowen appointed
    director
  44. 2012-11-14
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    JONES, David John resigned
    director
  45. 2009-07-16
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    BAXENDALE, Damian Leon resigned
    director
  46. 2009-07-16
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    CLARKE, Dean appointed
    director
  47. 2008-07-24
    ➖
    JONES, Rowland Arthur resigned
    director
  48. 2007-07-18
    ➖
    AUSTIN, Neil resigned
    director
  49. 2007-07-18
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    FORSYTH, Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  50. 2007-07-18
    ➖
    MCLENNAN, Laurence David resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 103 events

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1963-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

First Floor Radius House
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
Herts
WD17 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (1 active · 45 resigned)

FLETCHER, Christopher Neville→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUEKETT, John→
secretary · resigned 1997-07-02
Resigned
DRANSFIELD, John Michael→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2017-07-01
Resigned
GROUNDS, Trevor, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2017-07-01 · resigned 2021-03-31
Resigned
PARKER, Anthony John→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-02 · resigned 1998-10-31
Resigned
RUSSELL, Mark Lincoln→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
ATTREE, Gerard Peter Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-06-17 · resigned 2024-04-23
Resigned
AUSTIN, Neil→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 2007-07-18
Resigned
AUSTIN, Neil→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-06-20 · resigned 1995-07-08
Resigned
BALL, David Martin James→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-07-08 · resigned 1997-07-02
Resigned
BAXENDALE, Damian Leon→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-07-06 · resigned 2009-07-16
Resigned
BONFIELD, Iain→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-06-13 · resigned 2005-06-09
Resigned
BRAVERY, Paul Bowen→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-11-14 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
CALLANDER, Iain Alexander→
director · ~79y · resigned 1997-07-02
Resigned
CLARKE, Dean→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2019-06-19
Resigned
COURTNEY-WARD, Dean Gerard→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-11-01 · resigned 2024-04-23
Resigned
COXON, Nigel Adrian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-06-24 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned
DOWIE, Neil Crichton→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-07-18 · resigned 2026-02-13
Resigned
DRANSFIELD, John Michael→
director · ~80y · resigned 1992-06-20
Resigned
FARMER, Richard→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-06-01 · resigned 1996-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (179 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20