SOUTHWORTH QUARRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02766712 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08990
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-11-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-11-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-09-27
    ➕
    FORSTER, Robert Paul appointed
    director
  10. 2024-09-27
    ➖
    SYDENHAM, Ian John resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-09-27
    ➖
    SYDENHAM, Ian John resigned
    director
  12. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-08-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-08-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2021-08-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2021-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-04-13
    ➖
    BROWN, Alastair resigned
    secretary
  23. 2017-04-13
    ➕
    SYDENHAM, Ian John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2017-04-13
    ➖
    BROWN, Alastair resigned
    director
  25. 2017-04-13
    ➕
    SYDENHAM, Ian John appointed
    director
  26. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    HORWOOD, Jeremy appointed
    director
  27. 2015-02-19
    ➖
    FAIRCLOUGH, Mark resigned
    director
  28. 2007-08-09
    ➕
    FAIRCLOUGH, Edward Ronald appointed
    director
  29. 2007-08-09
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Oliver resigned
    director
  30. 1993-09-29
    ➕
    BROWN, Alastair appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-09-29
    ➖
    FARQUHARSON, John Alan resigned
    secretary
  32. 1993-09-29
    ➕
    BROWN, Alastair appointed
    director
  33. 1993-09-29
    ➖
    FARQUHARSON, John Alan resigned
    director
  34. 1992-12-07
    ➕
    FARQUHARSON, John Alan appointed
    secretary
  35. 1992-12-07
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1992-12-07
    ➕
    FAIRCLOUGH, Mark appointed
    director
  37. 1992-12-07
    ➕
    FARQUHARSON, John Alan appointed
    director
  38. 1992-12-07
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Oliver appointed
    director
  39. 1992-12-07
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 1992-11-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SOUTHWORTH QUARRY LIMITED
  41. 1992-11-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1992-11-23
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Paul Forster
Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
75–100%
—75-100% shares · trust interest27/09/2024
Mr Jeremy Horwood
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Edward Ronald Fairclough
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ian John Sydenhamceased 27/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest
  • Mr Alastair Brownceased 22/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated1992-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC08990 — SIC 08990

Registered office

105 West Busk Lane
Otley
LS21 3LY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

FAIRCLOUGH, Edward Ronald→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORSTER, Robert Paul→
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORWOOD, Jeremy→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Alastair→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-29 · resigned 2017-04-13
Resigned
FARQUHARSON, John Alan→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-07 · resigned 1993-09-29
Resigned
SYDENHAM, Ian John→
secretary · appointed 2017-04-13 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-23 · resigned 1992-12-07
Resigned
BROWN, Alastair→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-09-29 · resigned 2017-04-13
Resigned
FAIRCLOUGH, Mark→
director · ~107y · appointed 1992-12-07 · resigned 2015-02-19
Resigned
FARQUHARSON, John Alan→
director · ~89y · appointed 1992-12-07 · resigned 1993-09-29
Resigned
JOHNSON, Oliver→
director · ~89y · appointed 1992-12-07 · resigned 2007-08-09
Resigned
SYDENHAM, Ian John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-04-13 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-11-23 · resigned 1992-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07