CRESSY'S GRAINS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01683307 · ltd · incorporated 1982-12-01
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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 (70/100)

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
114 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.

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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees4500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-15
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    GREEN, Philip James resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-09-23
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    CHADDERTON, Thomas Duncan Simon resigned
    director
  14. 2020-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-06-30
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    PARKES, Keith William resigned
    director
  19. 2018-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-11-08
    ➖
    WORTH, Graham resigned
    director
  21. 2011-05-26
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    GREEN, Christopher Roy Johnstone appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-26
    ➕
    WOOD, Janice Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-26
    ➕
    STUBBS, Neil appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-26
    ➖
    STUBBS, Neil resigned
    director
  25. 2001-11-02
    ➖
    BURTON, John Bryan resigned
    director
  26. 2001-04-01
    ➕
    WOOD, Janice Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-04-01
    ➖
    PARKES, Keith William resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-06-19
    ➕
    WORTH, Graham appointed
    director
  29. 1999-05-12
    ➖
    DAVIES, David John resigned
    director
  30. 1998-06-10
    ➕
    CHADDERTON, Thomas Duncan Simon appointed
    director
  31. 1994-02-22
    ➕
    DAVIES, David John appointed
    director
  32. 1982-12-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRESSY'S GRAINS LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

C/O Djh Mitten Clarke St Georges House
56 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 3NQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

WOOD, Janice Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Christopher Roy Johnstone→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Janice Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKES, Keith William→
secretary · resigned 2001-04-01
Resigned
BURTON, John Bryan→
director · ~105y · resigned 2001-11-02
Resigned
CHADDERTON, Thomas Duncan Simon→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-06-10 · resigned 2021-09-23
Resigned
DAVIES, David John→
director · ~93y · appointed 1994-02-22 · resigned 1999-05-12
Resigned
GREEN, Philip James→
director · ~83y · resigned 2025-08-15
Resigned
PARKES, Keith William→
director · ~79y · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned
STUBBS, Neil→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-05-26 · resigned 2011-05-26
Resigned
WORTH, Graham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-06-19 · resigned 2017-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-07