CAFEDIRECT ROASTERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04022650 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-27

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£707.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 21.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (6 active, 24 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £707,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£153k

Net Worth

£707k

Current Assets

£3.3m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Current assets	£3.31M
Cash	£153.0k
Net assets	£707.0k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-07-10
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2025-11-05
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2025-11-03
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officers · CH01
2025-11-03
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officers · CH01
2025-10-24
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officers · CH01
2025-10-24
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officers · CH01
2025-10-07
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officers · AP03
2025-10-06
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WILKINSON, James Andrew appointed
secretary
2025-10-06
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NIXON, James Andrew resigned
secretary
2025-10-06
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officers · TM02
2025-01-07
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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capital · RP04SH01
2023-10-04
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-14
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accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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mortgage · MR01
2023-07-21
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Triodos Bank UK Limited
2023-07-05
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officers · AP01
2023-06-14
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2023-06-14
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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capital · SH01
2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-13
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-06-07
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BARON DE KOCK, Hendrik Merkus appointed
director
2023-06-07
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HUMPHREYS, Robert Griffith appointed
director
2023-06-07
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MIDDLETON, Monica Stella appointed
director
2023-06-07
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PHILIPS, John Donald appointed
director
2023-06-07
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STEEL, John Russell appointed
director
2023-06-07
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DOHERTY, Ann resigned
secretary
2023-06-07
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NIXON, James Andrew appointed
secretary
2023-06-07
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CAHILL, John resigned
director
2023-06-07
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CAMPBELL, Col resigned
director
2023-06-07
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DOYLE, Jason resigned
director
2021-11-11
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CAMPBELL, Veronica resigned
director
2021-01-01
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DOYLE, Jason appointed
director
2019-11-01
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DOHERTY, Ann appointed
secretary
2019-11-01
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WILLIAMSON, John resigned
secretary
2019-11-01
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CAMPBELL, Veronica appointed
director
2019-11-01
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WILLIAMSON, John David resigned
director
2019-04-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-03-08
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O'SULLIVAN, Michael resigned
secretary
2019-03-08
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WILLIAMSON, John appointed
secretary
2019-03-08
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CAMPBELL, Col appointed
director
2019-03-08
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O'SULLIVAN, Michael resigned
director
2019-03-08
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WILLIAMSON, John David appointed
director
2018-12-13
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Charge satisfied #4
2018-11-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

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.

Group structure

Cafedirect Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cafedirect Plc

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

ultimate parent

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CAFEDIRECT ROASTERY LIMITED

This company · 04022650

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
Cafedirect Plc Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/06/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Azione Limitedceased 07/06/2023· 75-100% shares
Mr Patrick Campbellceased 12/12/2019· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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7 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

Incorporated2000-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

Bent Ley Bent Ley Industrial Estate

Meltham

Holmfirth

HD9 4EP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30