CADAR LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01954475 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-04
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 39.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£458.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 39.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 39.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £458,204
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
Net Worth
£458k
Current Assets
£1.6m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £458.2k | — |
| Current assets | £1.61M | — |
| Cash | £1.18M | — |
| Debtors | £374.1k | — |
| Net assets | £458.2k | — |
| Average employees | — | 700 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-05➖THOMAS, Julie Ann resigneddirector
- 2022-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-07➖RYDER, Carl, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-03-14➕RYDER, Lynda Jane appointeddirector
- 2012-03-14➕THOMAS, Julie Ann appointeddirector
- 2004-04-06➕JOHNSON, Terrine appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-06➖LEE, Linda Joy resignedsecretary
- 2001-10-31➕THOMAS, David Nicholas, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2001-10-31➖RETTIG, Georg resigneddirector
- 1987-06-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1985-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs CADAR LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lynda Jane Ryder Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr. Carl Ryderceased 07/08/2020· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000
Registered office
3 The Point Business Park
Rockingham Road
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 7QU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
RYDER, Lynda Jane→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2012-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMAS, David Nicholas, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2001-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Linda Joy→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2004-04-06
RETTIG, Georg→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2001-10-31
RYDER, Carl, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · resigned 2020-08-07
THOMAS, Julie Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2012-03-14 · resigned 2022-04-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 08/06/1987 | — |
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Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07