CYO SEEDS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01375935 · ltd · incorporated 1978-06-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
104 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,242,105
Net assets shrinking
Down £40,196 YoY
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£492k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£824k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.34M | £1.38M |
| Current assets | £823.9k | £838.3k |
| Cash | £491.9k | £449.6k |
| Debtors | £140.5k | £174.7k |
| Net assets | £1.24M | £1.28M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-05➖EATON, Anita Yolanda resigneddirector
- 2023-04-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-01➕GIBSON, Stuart Frederick appointedsecretary
- 2021-07-01➕GIBSON, Stuart Frederick appointeddirector
- 2021-07-01➕TISDALL, Katy Amanda Radcliffe appointeddirector
- 2021-07-01➖TISDALL, Jon resignedsecretary
- 2021-07-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-01📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-07-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-05➖EATON, William Charles Frederick resigneddirector
- 2020-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2005-04-05➖EATON, Anita Yolanda resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-05➕TISDALL, Jon appointedsecretary
- 2001-12-01➖MCCLIMONT, Stuart Fosh resigneddirector
- 1978-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs CYO SEEDS LIMITED
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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 Jonathan David Tisdall Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 17/11/2021 |
Mrs Anita Eaton Individual · Swiss · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr William Charles Frederick Eatonceased 17/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1978-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities
Registered office
Lime Tree Farm
Chilton
Near Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0SP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
GIBSON, Stuart Frederick→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-07-01
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GIBSON, Stuart Frederick→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TISDALL, Katy Amanda Radcliffe→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EATON, Anita Yolanda→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-04-05
TISDALL, Jon→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2021-07-01
EATON, Anita Yolanda→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 2023-04-05
EATON, William Charles Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2021-02-05
MCCLIMONT, Stuart Fosh→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · resigned 2001-12-01
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Recent filings (104 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-02