FITTOCKS STUD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01474986 · ltd · incorporated 1980-01-23
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 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
97 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,174,179
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3.5m
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£6.2m
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£8.3m
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.17M | £5.84M |
| Current assets | £8.33M | £8.00M |
| Cash | £3.47M | £2.79M |
| Debtors | £221.4k | £111.5k |
| Net assets | £6.17M | £5.84M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-05-01➕CUMANI, Sara Doon appointeddirector
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-05-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-06-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1980-01-23🏢Company incorporatedAs FITTOCKS STUD 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 77 — 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 77 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 47 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Luca Matteo Cumani Individual · Italian · DOB 04/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430
Registered office
Fittocks Stud
Upend
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9PH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
CUMANI, Sara Doon→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2020-05-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 29/06/2004 | 10/05/2013 |
Recent filings (97 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-10