CAMBRIDGE VENTURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03991603 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69201Accounting and auditing activities
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,469

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 620% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£969£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.8k£3.4k
Current assets£4.8k£4.6k
Net assets£2.5k£343

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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-09-05
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    BROWN, Christina Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-09-05
    ➖
    BROWN, Charles Edwin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-09-05
    ➖
    HARTLAND, David Martin resigned
    director
  20. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    BROWN, Charles Edwin appointed
    director
  21. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    BROWN, Charles Edwin appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-06-06
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-06-06
    ➕
    HARTLAND, David Martin appointed
    director
  24. 2000-06-06
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBRIDGE VENTURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  26. 2000-05-12
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-05-12
    ➕
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Charles Edwin Brown
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2000-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

64 High Street
Over
Cambridge
CB24 5ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25
Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, Christina Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Charles Edwin→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Charles Edwin→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2005-09-05
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned
HARTLAND, David Martin→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2005-09-05
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-11