CONTINENTAL CELLULOSE UK LIMITED

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02243025 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
142 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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  2. 2025-04-25
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  3. 2025-04-07
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  4. 2024-04-12
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  5. 2023-04-18
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  6. 2023-03-23
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    TAYLOR, Julie appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-03-23
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    STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-03-23
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    STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary resigned
    director
  9. 2023-03-23
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  10. 2023-03-23
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  11. 2023-03-23
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  12. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2021-06-09
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  14. 2020-08-15
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  15. 2020-04-15
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  16. 2019-05-22
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  17. 2018-07-12
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  18. 2017-10-12
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  19. 2017-10-11
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  20. 2017-09-29
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    HOUGHTON, Henry Edward resigned
    director
  21. 2017-09-29
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    TASIAUX, Jean-Pierre resigned
    director
  22. 2017-09-29
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    TASIAUX, Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2017-06-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2009-04-30
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    JAMES, Paul Philip resigned
    director
  25. 2007-12-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Richard Charles Gurney and Angela Jane Gurney
  26. 2006-08-31
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    ROSE, Roger John resigned
    director
  27. 2006-04-14
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    ELLIOTT, Stephen John appointed
    director
  28. 2003-03-14
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    STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary appointed
    director
  29. 2000-10-01
    ➕
    STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-09-30
    ➖
    SHORTEN, Glynis Kathryn resigned
    secretary
  31. 2000-09-30
    ➖
    SHORTEN, Richard Patrick Francis resigned
    director
  32. 1999-01-01
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    JAMES, Paul Philip appointed
    director
  33. 1998-04-09
    ➖
    HARVEY, St John resigned
    director
  34. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    HARVEY, St John appointed
    director
  35. 1997-01-01
    ➖
    TASIAUX, Philippe resigned
    director
  36. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    TASIAUX, Robert appointed
    director
  37. 1995-01-01
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    ROSE, Roger John appointed
    director
  38. 1991-03-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  39. 1988-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTINENTAL CELLULOSE UK LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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.)

Group structure

Sje Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sje Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CONTINENTAL CELLULOSE UK LIMITED
This company · 02243025

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sje Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares29/09/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

The Byre
North Weston Farm
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 2HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

TAYLOR, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2023-03-23
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Active
ELLIOTT, Stephen John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-14
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Active
SHORTEN, Glynis Kathryn→
secretary · resigned 2000-09-30
Resigned
STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-01 · resigned 2023-03-23
Resigned
HARVEY, St John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 1998-04-09
Resigned
HOUGHTON, Henry Edward→
director · ~66y · resigned 2017-09-29
Resigned
JAMES, Paul Philip→
director · ~82y · appointed 1999-01-01 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
ROSE, Roger John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-01-01 · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned
SHORTEN, Richard Patrick Francis→
director · ~93y · resigned 2000-09-30
Resigned
STEVENS, Jacqueline Mary→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2023-03-23
Resigned
TASIAUX, Jean-Pierre→
director · ~73y · resigned 2017-09-29
Resigned
TASIAUX, Philippe→
director · ~94y · resigned 1997-01-01
Resigned
TASIAUX, Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2017-09-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Richard Charles Gurney and Angela Jane Gurney
Rent deposit deed1 property24/12/2007—
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property22/03/199120/06/2017
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Recent filings (142 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09