CORNWALL WOOD TREATMENTS SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02192986 · ltd · incorporated 1987-11-12
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 30.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.33M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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 30.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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 £2,328,255
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.3m
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.34M | £2.20M |
| Current assets | £1.75M | £1.36M |
| Cash | £1.28M | £894.3k |
| Debtors | £49.6k | £47.1k |
| Net assets | £2.33M | £2.19M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2014-10-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-03-07➖TACAGNI, Lee resignedsecretary
- 2014-03-07➖TACAGNI, Lee resigneddirector
- 2005-05-26➕TACAGNI, Lee appointeddirector
- 2001-11-16➕PAGET, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2001-08-01➕TACAGNI, Lee appointedsecretary
- 2001-06-01➖TREVENA, Jean resignedsecretary
- 1995-09-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1995-02-20➕PAGET, Josephine Mary appointeddirector
- 1995-02-20➖GLENDINNING, James Young resignedsecretary
- 1995-02-20➕TREVENA, Jean appointedsecretary
- 1995-02-20➖GLENDINNING, James Young resigneddirector
- 1987-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs CORNWALL WOOD TREATMENTS SERVICES 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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Roger Charles Paget Individual · British · DOB 03/1942 · age 84 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated1987-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Registered office
Unit 12 United Downs Industrial Park
St. Day
Redruth
TR16 5HY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
PAGET, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2001-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PAGET, Josephine Mary→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 1995-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLENDINNING, James Young→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-02-20
TACAGNI, Lee→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2014-03-07
TREVENA, Jean→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-02-20 · resigned 2001-06-01
GLENDINNING, James Young→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 1995-02-20
TACAGNI, Lee→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-26 · resigned 2014-03-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 07/09/1995 | 30/10/2014 |
Recent filings (101 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27