CELLAR MISER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03838002 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-31.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
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 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
64 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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £31,722
Cash draining
Cash down 54% YoY
Cash YoY
-54%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 54% YoY
Net Worth
-£32k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£32k-£24k-£16k-£8k-£184£8kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-31.7k£-23.8k
Current assets£3.5k£7.7k
Cash£3.2k£7.0k
Debtors£283£675
Net assets£-31.7k£-23.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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  2. 2024-12-13
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  3. 2024-01-07
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  4. 2023-02-12
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  5. 2021-10-27
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  6. 2020-10-06
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  7. 2019-10-05
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  8. 2018-11-12
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  9. 2018-05-09
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  10. 2017-05-19
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  11. 2016-01-26
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  12. 2015-09-09
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  13. 2015-03-02
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  14. 2014-08-19
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  15. 2014-05-29
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  16. 2003-08-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    TAIT, Michael Stephen appointed
    director
  18. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    WADE, Andrew Leslie appointed
    director
  19. 2002-10-01
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    TAITT, Christopher Neville resigned
    director
  20. 1999-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CELLAR MISER LIMITED
  21. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    WADE, Katrina appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-09-08
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    TAITT, Christopher Neville appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Stephen Taitt
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

Kingsley House
Eaton Street
Crewe
Cheshire
CW2 7EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WADE, Katrina→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-08
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Active
TAIT, Michael Stephen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
WADE, Andrew Leslie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 1999-09-08
Resigned
TAITT, Christopher Neville→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2002-10-01
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
Debenture1 property26/08/2003—
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Recent filings (64 total)

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2026-01-31
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2025-09-04
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accounts · AA
2024-12-13
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2024-08-10
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accounts · AA
2024-01-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2023-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-12