CLARKE MEATS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03838735 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-09
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
£19.70M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10120SIC 10120
- 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £899,463
Turnover YoY
+14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19.70M | £17.27M |
| Gross profit | £3.28M | £3.29M |
| Profit before tax | £899.5k | £1.01M |
| Average employees | 4500 | 4300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-19📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-10-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-10-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-10-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-10-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-09-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-02➕CLARKE, Kelly Louise appointeddirector
- 2009-10-31➖WHITHAM, Simon John resigneddirector
- 1999-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CLARKE MEATS LIMITED
- 1999-09-09➕CLARKE, Jonathan Howard appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-09➕CLARKE, Jonathan Howard appointeddirector
- 1999-09-09➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-09-09➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-09-09➕WHITHAM, Simon John appointeddirector
- 1999-09-09➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-09-09➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARKE" — 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Howard Clarke Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Kelly Louise Clarke Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47 | — | 25–50% | board control25-50% voting · board control | 05/09/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. PIES AND PASTRIES LIMITED→ 07620925 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat
Registered office
Unit 1 The Triangle Business Park
Paddock
Huddersfield
HD1 4RR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
CLARKE, Jonathan Howard→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-09-09
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CLARKE, Jonathan Howard→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 1999-09-09
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CLARKE, Kelly Louise→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2017-03-02
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-09 · resigned 1999-09-09
WHITHAM, Simon John→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 1999-09-09 · resigned 2009-10-31
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-09 · resigned 1999-09-09
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Recent filings (92 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-03
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-10-09
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05