CAMBRIDGE FISH PRESERVATION AND ANGLING SOCIETY LTD

🌳Matureactive
04393791 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-03-13
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (77/100)

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, 5 with DOB)
84
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
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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees00

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 accounts
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-11-11
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  3. 2025-09-18
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  4. 2025-08-06
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  5. 2025-08-06
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-07-16
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    PEACHEY, Barry Charles John resigned
    director
  7. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  9. 2023-06-19
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  10. 2022-06-20
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  11. 2021-06-09
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  12. 2020-07-29
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  13. 2019-06-21
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  14. 2018-06-05
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  15. 2017-06-21
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  16. 2017-03-21
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  17. 2017-03-08
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    TEMPLE, William Stuart appointed
    director
  18. 2017-03-08
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    DARLER, Ian resigned
    director
  19. 2012-05-02
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    DARLER, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2011-11-18
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    ANDERSON, Lacy resigned
    director
  21. 2003-05-12
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    TWEED, Graham Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-12
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    ANDERSON, Lacy appointed
    director
  23. 2002-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBRIDGE FISH PRESERVATION AND ANGLING SOCIETY LTD
  24. 2002-03-13
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    TWEED, Graham Mark appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-03-13
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    HICKEY, Patrick Julian appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-03-13
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    HICKEY, Patrick Julian resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-03-13
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    PEACHEY, Barry Charles John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Tweed
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/07/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Barry Charles John Peacheyceased 16/07/2025· board control

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2002-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

27a Villa Road
Impington
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB4 9NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TWEED, Graham Mark→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE, William Stuart→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TWEED, Graham Mark→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKEY, Patrick Julian→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2002-03-13
Resigned
ANDERSON, Lacy→
director · ~98y · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2011-11-18
Resigned
DARLER, Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-05-02 · resigned 2017-03-08
Resigned
PEACHEY, Barry Charles John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2025-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09