SALCOMBE DAIRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03400296 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-211.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 26.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.3 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: medium (79/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
86 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £211,763

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£212k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£212k-£212k-£212k-£212k-£212k-£212kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-211.8k£-211.8k
Net assets£-211.8k£-211.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2006-06-02
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    FALMOUTH, George Hugh, The Rt Honourable Viscount resigned
    director
  16. 2006-06-02
    ➖
    PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth resigned
    director
  17. 2002-07-09
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    STANNARD, Philip Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2000-03-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 1998-10-01
    ➕
    BOSCAWEN, Virginia Mary Rose appointed
    director
  20. 1998-07-08
    ➕
    STANNARD, Philip Peter appointed
    director
  21. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    BOSCAWEN, Nicholas John appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    BOSCAWEN, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  23. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth resigned
    secretary
  24. 1997-07-23
    ➕
    PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-07-23
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-07-23
    ➕
    FALMOUTH, George Hugh, The Rt Honourable Viscount appointed
    director
  27. 1997-07-23
    ➕
    PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth appointed
    director
  28. 1997-07-23
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1997-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As SALCOMBE DAIRY LIMITED
  30. 1997-07-08
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-07-08
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Salcombe Dairy (Uk) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Salcombe Dairy (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SALCOMBE DAIRY LIMITED
This company · 03400296

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
Salcombe Dairy (Uk) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Salcombe Dairy
Shadycombe Road
Salcombe
Devon
TQ8 8DX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BOSCAWEN, Nicholas John→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-01
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Active
BOSCAWEN, Nicholas John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSCAWEN, Virginia Mary Rose→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-23 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-08 · resigned 1997-07-23
Resigned
FALMOUTH, George Hugh, The Rt Honourable Viscount→
director · ~107y · appointed 1997-07-23 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned
PRICE, The Right Honourable Beryl Elizabeth, Viscountess Falmouth→
director · ~101y · appointed 1997-07-23 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned
STANNARD, Philip Peter→
director · ~84y · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-09
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-08 · resigned 1997-07-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/03/2000—
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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03