C-FURY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04176614 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-267.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £267,815

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£268k
Current Assets
£142k
Current Liabilities
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-£268k-£186k-£104k-£22k£60k£142kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-266.6k—
Current assets£142.4k—
Net assets£-267.8k—
Average employees—200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-08
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  3. 2023-06-26
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  4. 2022-11-15
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  5. 2021-11-26
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  6. 2020-12-30
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  7. 2020-02-26
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-02-25
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    MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood resigned
    director
  9. 2019-12-11
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  10. 2019-03-22
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  11. 2018-12-21
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  12. 2018-02-14
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  13. 2016-12-30
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  14. 2016-11-29
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-11-14
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    address · AD01
  16. 2016-07-05
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    address · AD03
  17. 2013-09-01
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    MCLOUGHLIN, Simon Harvey appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-09-01
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    MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-06-27
    ➖
    JOHNSTONE, Ruth Elisabeth Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 2008-10-26
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    JOHNSTONE, Ruth Elisabeth Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2001-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As C-FURY LIMITED
  22. 2001-03-09
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    MCLOUGHLIN, Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2001-03-09
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    MCLOUGHLIN, Simon Harvey appointed
    director
  24. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood appointed
    director
  28. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Mr Simon Harvey Mcloughlin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Mcloughlin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
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
Incorporated2001-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30120 — SIC 30120

Registered office

16 Cherry Arbor
Cressage
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 6DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MCLOUGHLIN, Simon Harvey→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLOUGHLIN, Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLOUGHLIN, Simon Harvey→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2013-09-01
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Ruth Elisabeth Margaret→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-10-26 · resigned 2011-06-27
Resigned
MCLOUGHLIN, Shaun Eastwood→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2020-02-25
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-07
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accounts · AA
2025-09-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19
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officers · TM01
2020-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11