A.E. RODDA & SON LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

03833628 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-31

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£50.62M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10511

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 16 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

31 live charges · 16 lenders · oldest 25.1y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 16 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 63/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

31 charges (31/31 with lender, 31/31 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (9 active, 23 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

163 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £774,000

Turnover YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£50.62M	£49.86M
Gross profit	£10.43M	£12.72M
Profit before tax	£774.0k	£1.75M
Average employees	17600000	18400000

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

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2 signals 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

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (106 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
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Charge registered #31
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-01
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O'KEEFFE, Patrick John Brendan resigned
director
2025-10-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-29
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Charge registered #30
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2025-06-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-02
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KENNEDY, Neil Angus resigned
director
2024-10-02
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MORRISS, Roger Neil resigned
director
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-01
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CARNE, Adrian Jarrad appointed
director
2024-07-01
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SAINT, David John appointed
director
2024-06-30
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DAYKIN, Stephen David Paul resigned
director
2024-05-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-02
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COBBLEDICK, Susan Anne resigned
director
2023-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-22
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Charge registered #29
Lender: Jennifer Elizabeth Rodda
2022-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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COBBLEDICK, Susan Anne appointed
director
2022-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2022-01-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-12-01
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BELL, Thomas Alexander appointed
director
2020-10-13
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FINCH, Fleur Louise appointed
secretary
2020-10-13
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RODDA, Philip Ernest resigned
secretary
2019-12-19
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DAYKIN, Stephen David Paul appointed
director
2019-12-19
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FARQUHAR, Peter Christopher Edward resigned
director
2019-12-13
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Charge registered #28
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-12-02
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Charge satisfied #23
2019-12-02
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Charge satisfied #11
2019-11-11
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Charge registered #27
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2019-11-11
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Charge registered #26
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2019-11-06
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Charge registered #25
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-10-16
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DENNETT, Theresa Margaret appointed
director
2019-02-28
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DUDDRIDGE, Mark Francis resigned
director
2019-01-22
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O'KEEFFE, Patrick John Brendan appointed
director
2018-10-05
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SIGRIST, Kurt Eduard resigned
director
2018-03-27
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BROWNSCOMBE, Robert Alan resigned
director
2018-03-27
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KENNEDY, Neil Angus appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 106 events

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RODDA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

14 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

A E Rodda & Son Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A E Rodda & Son Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A.E. RODDA & SON LIMITED

This company · 03833628

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A E Rodda & Son Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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10 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

Incorporated1999-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10511 — SIC 10511

Registered office

The Creamery

Scorrier

Redruth

Cornwall

TR16 5BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19