COUNTRY TASTES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01611745 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£314.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 2.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
88 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
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £314,443

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
Net Worth
£314k
Current Assets
£723k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£1.14M
Current assets£722.7k
Cash£58.2k
Debtors£534.2k
Net assets£314.4k

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.

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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 (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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  2. 2025-03-18
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  3. 2024-10-25
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  4. 2024-10-24
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    POWELL, Peter John George appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-25
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  6. 2023-08-07
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  7. 2023-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Geraldine Like
  8. 2022-11-23
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  9. 2022-02-16
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  10. 2021-02-04
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  11. 2019-12-17
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  12. 2019-04-17
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  13. 2018-03-16
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  14. 2016-12-19
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  15. 2016-02-16
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  16. 2013-04-15
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    POWELL, Benjamin James Howell appointed
    director
  17. 1982-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As COUNTRY TASTES LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — POWELL, Peter John George (same surname) appointed 2024-10-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George James Neil Powell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Mary Catherine Powell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Benjamin James Howell Powell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

1 Flannel Street
Abergavenny
Gwent
NP7 5EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

POWELL, Angela Mary Catherine→
secretary
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Active
POWELL, Angela Mary Catherine→
director · ~73y
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Active
POWELL, Benjamin James Howell→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-04-15
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Active
POWELL, George James Neil→
director · ~76y
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Active
POWELL, Peter John George→
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-10-24
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Geraldine Like
A registered charge1 property18/07/2023—
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Recent filings (88 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
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accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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officers · AP01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19