CAN CLOSURE SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03862476 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28930
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-23
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Jean Lilian appointed
    director
  9. 2021-04-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 1999-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CAN CLOSURE SALES LIMITED
  18. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Jean Lilian appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Bryan Michael appointed
    director
  20. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-10-20
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-10-20
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Lilian Webster
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/10/2024
Mr Bryan Michael Webster
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
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
Incorporated1999-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28930 — SIC 28930

Registered office

Maple Grove Druggers End
Castlemorton
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR13 6JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WEBSTER, Jean Lilian→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-20
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Active
WEBSTER, Bryan Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-10-20
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Active
WEBSTER, Jean Lilian→
director · ~77y · appointed 2021-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 1999-10-20
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 1999-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-29