C. BALDWIN & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01880677 · ltd · incorporated 1985-01-25
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-01-28
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-25
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-31
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  11. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1993-10-25
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    GILCHRIST, Alec resigned
    director
  17. 1991-02-08
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    GILCHRIST, Alec appointed
    director
  18. 1985-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As C. BALDWIN & SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BALDWIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Peter Baldwin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Betty Olga Baldwin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1985-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Beaconsfield Farm Northway
Aughton
Ormskirk
L39 6RX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BALDWIN, Betty Olga→
secretary
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Active
BALDWIN, Betty Olga→
director · ~79y
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Active
BALDWIN, Colin Peter→
director · ~76y
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Active
GILCHRIST, Alec→
director · ~90y · appointed 1991-02-08 · resigned 1993-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16