CUMBRIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04222041 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-23
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees9800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2023-09-08
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-01-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-03-01
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    RIDLEY, Joan appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-03-01
    ➕
    RIDLEY, Joan appointed
    director
  18. 2005-03-01
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    THIRLWALL, John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-03-01
    ➖
    THIRLWALL, John resigned
    director
  20. 2001-05-30
    ➕
    RIDLEY, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2001-05-30
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-05-30
    ➕
    THIRLWALL, John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-05-30
    ➕
    THIRLWALL, John appointed
    director
  24. 2001-05-30
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CUMBRIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED
  26. 2001-05-23
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-05-23
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Ridley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Grant Chartersceased 13/01/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Joan Ridleyceased 13/01/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

49 High Street
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 9NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RIDLEY, Joan→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIDLEY, Ian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-05-30
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Active
RIDLEY, Joan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-23 · resigned 2001-05-30
Resigned
THIRLWALL, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-30 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned
THIRLWALL, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-05-30 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-23 · resigned 2001-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02