CNC SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04092701 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 25.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£7.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 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
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £7,113
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,365 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£7k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £8.5k | £10.4k |
| Current assets | £12.9k | £15.6k |
| Net assets | £7.1k | £9.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2001-01-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2000-10-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CNC SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2000-10-19➕SALT, Michael Francis appointedsecretary
- 2000-10-19➕SALT, Angela Jill appointeddirector
- 2000-10-19➕SALT, Michael Francis appointeddirector
- 2000-10-19➕BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-10-19➖BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-10-19➕NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2000-10-19➖NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Francis Salt Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Angela Jill Saltceased 30/10/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140
Registered office
3 Buckland House William Prance Road
Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 5WR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SALT, Michael Francis→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-10-19
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SALT, Angela Jill→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2000-10-19
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SALT, Michael Francis→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-10-19
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BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2000-10-19 · resigned 2000-10-19
NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2000-10-19 · resigned 2000-10-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/01/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07