CANNINGTON GRAIN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01336512 · ltd · incorporated 1977-10-31

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 31.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£171

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 31.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (9 active, 21 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £171

Cash YoY

+41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£171

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 91% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£171	£171
Current assets	£7.5k	£3.9k
Cash	£2.8k	£2.0k
Debtors	£4.7k	£1.9k
Net assets	£171	£171

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-12-31
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2025-12-31
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-12-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
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officers · CH01
2025-12-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-19
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officers · CH01
2025-12-19
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officers · CH01
2025-12-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-06
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officers · TM01
2025-02-10
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PARRIS, Alan Peter resigned
director
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-25
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officers · AP01
2024-11-25
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officers · AP01
2024-11-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-18
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TARR, Benjamin Robert resigned
director
2024-02-26
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THOMAS, Paul Mortimer appointed
director
2024-02-26
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VAUGHAN-FRANCE, William John appointed
director
2024-02-26
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BURNELL, Richard James Austin resigned
director
2024-02-26
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THOMAS, Christopher Mortimar resigned
director
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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PARRIS, Tom Richard William appointed
director
2018-02-12
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WINSLADE, James Raymond appointed
director
2018-01-24
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PARDOE, Charles Robin resigned
director
2011-02-07
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CROXTON, David Raymond resigned
director
2011-02-07
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TARR, Benjamin Robert appointed
director
2008-10-01
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POCOCK, Robert Edward resigned
director
2008-03-10
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BULT, Andrew William appointed
director
2008-03-10
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RIDOUT, John resigned
director
2007-02-26
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COLES, Paul Metford appointed
director
2002-11-25
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MALTBY, Andrew John resigned
director
2002-11-25
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RIDOUT, John appointed
director
1995-04-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1994-11-21
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BURNELL, Richard James Austin appointed
director
1994-11-21
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HILL, Michael Froude resigned
director
1993-11-22
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BURROUGH, Charles John resigned
director
1993-11-22
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CROXTON, David Raymond appointed
director
1993-11-22
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MALTBY, Andrew John appointed
director
1993-11-22
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MERCHANT, John Christopher resigned
director
1977-10-31
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Company incorporated
As CANNINGTON GRAIN SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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.)

Group structure

Cannington Grain Store Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Cannington Grain Store Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CANNINGTON GRAIN SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 01336512

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Francis David Jeanes Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Peter William House Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Paul Metford Coles Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Cannington Grain Store Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1977-10-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Combwich Road

Cannington

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA5 2PL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-09

Last: 2025-11-25