IRTHING VALE QUALITY FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04367373 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-05
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees15001500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-02-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-10-21
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-10-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-06-30
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    RAYSON, Pamela resigned
    secretary
  15. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    RAYSON, Malcolm resigned
    director
  16. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-02-07
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-01
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    RAYSON, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-03-07
    ➖
    BUTLER, Alexander Lowe resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-07
    ➖
    BUTLER, Alexander Lowe resigned
    director
  22. 2002-03-07
    ➖
    BUTLER, Janice resigned
    director
  23. 2002-03-06
    ➕
    SMITH, Grant Edward appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-03-06
    ➕
    SMITH, Grant Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2002-03-06
    ➕
    SMITH, John Edward appointed
    director
  26. 2002-03-06
    ➕
    RAYSON, Malcolm appointed
    director
  27. 2002-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As IRTHING VALE QUALITY FOODS LIMITED
  28. 2002-02-05
    ➕
    BUTLER, Alexander Lowe appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-02-05
    ➕
    BUTLER, Alexander Lowe appointed
    director
  30. 2002-02-05
    ➕
    BUTLER, Janice appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Isabel Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/12/2022
Mr Grant Edward Smith
Individual · English · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Edward Smith
Individual · English · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Malcolm Raysonceased 30/06/2020· 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
Incorporated2002-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Irthing Vale Foods Berlin Street
Tyne Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 2NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SMITH, Grant Edward→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Grant Edward→
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John Edward→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Alexander Lowe→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-05 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
RAYSON, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
BUTLER, Alexander Lowe→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-02-05 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
BUTLER, Janice→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-02-05 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
RAYSON, Malcolm→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-08