PROCTERS CHEESES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02785393 · ltd · incorporated 1993-02-01

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 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10511

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 20.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Average employees	11	1000

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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2024-11-14
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2023-11-29
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2023-02-23
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2021-11-30
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2021-02-26
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2019-08-13
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2018-11-28
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2018-02-20
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2012-11-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2006-01-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-03-21
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PROCTER, Susan Dawn appointed
director
2004-12-16
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PROCTER, Timothy resigned
director
1993-05-17
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PROCTER, Timothy appointed
director
1993-03-01
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BARWISE, Jane Helen appointed
director
1993-02-15
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PROCTER, Jane Christine appointed
secretary
1993-02-15
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PROCTER, Jane Christine appointed
director
1993-02-15
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-02-15
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PROCTER, Timothy appointed
director
1993-02-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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1993-02-01
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Company incorporated
As PROCTERS CHEESES LIMITED
1993-02-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-02-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PROCTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jane Christine Procter Individual · British · DOB 04/1941 · age 85	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	01/07/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-02-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10511 — SIC 10511

Registered office

The Cheese Warehouse, Saunders

Raike, Chipping

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 2QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

PROCTER, Jane Christine→

secretary · appointed 1993-02-15

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Active

BARWISE, Jane Helen→

director · ~60y · appointed 1993-03-01

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Active

PROCTER, Jane Christine→

director · ~85y · appointed 1993-02-15

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Active

PROCTER, Susan Dawn→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-03-21

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Active

PROCTER, Timothy→

director · ~59y · appointed 1993-05-17

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 1993-02-15

Resigned

PROCTER, Timothy→

director · ~90y · appointed 1993-02-15 · resigned 2004-12-16

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 1993-02-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	04/01/2006	06/11/2012

Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-05

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-02-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-02