CLAVERDON CARTRIDGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03158114 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-13
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 27.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01700
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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 27.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.7 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
73 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
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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2023-02-28
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  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-26
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  9. 2019-11-27
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  10. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-08-23
    ➕
    EVANS, David Anthony appointed
    director
  17. 2003-12-28
    ➕
    EVANS, David George Thomas appointed
    director
  18. 2003-12-28
    ➖
    EVANS, Thomas Morgan resigned
    director
  19. 1998-08-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1996-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CLAVERDON CARTRIDGES LIMITED
  21. 1996-02-13
    ➕
    EVANS, David Anthony appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-02-13
    ➕
    WHITAKER, Anne Michelle appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-02-13
    ➖
    WHITAKER, Anne Michelle resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-02-13
    ➕
    EVANS, Thomas Morgan appointed
    director
  25. 1996-02-13
    ➕
    WHITAKER, Anne Michelle appointed
    director
  26. 1996-02-13
    ➖
    WHITAKER, Anne Michelle resigned
    director
  27. 1996-02-13
    ➕
    WHITAKER, Robert Alston appointed
    director
  28. 1996-02-13
    ➖
    WHITAKER, Robert Alston resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Anthony Evans
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/05/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01700 — SIC 01700

Registered office

Claverdon Hall Farm
Lye Green Road
Claverdon
Warwickshire
CV35 8HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

EVANS, David Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-13
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Active
EVANS, David Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-08-23
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Active
EVANS, David George Thomas→
director · ~50y · appointed 2003-12-28
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Active
WHITAKER, Anne Michelle→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 1996-02-13
Resigned
EVANS, Thomas Morgan→
director · ~104y · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 2003-12-28
Resigned
WHITAKER, Anne Michelle→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 1996-02-13
Resigned
WHITAKER, Robert Alston→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 1996-02-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property23/08/1998—
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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17