GT&E FEEDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04421446 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22

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 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10910

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 24.2 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	11	1000

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

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-07-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-29
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2016-06-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2016-06-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2016-05-23
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THOMAS, Griffith Owen resigned
secretary
2016-05-23
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THOMAS, Elizabeth Ann resigned
director
2016-05-23
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THOMAS, Griffith Owen resigned
director
2002-05-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2002-04-22
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Company incorporated
As GT&E FEEDS LIMITED
2002-04-22
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EDWARDS, Dewi Eirian appointed
director
2002-04-22
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EDWARDS, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2002-04-22
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KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr appointed
secretary
2002-04-22
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KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr resigned
secretary
2002-04-22
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THOMAS, Griffith Owen appointed
secretary
2002-04-22
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THOMAS, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2002-04-22
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THOMAS, Griffith Owen appointed
director
2002-04-22
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CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-22
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CORPORATE LEGAL LTD 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Dewi Eirian Edwards Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/05/2016
Nicola Jane Edwards Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/05/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-04-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

Tonn

Cilycwm Road

Llandovery

Carmarthenshire

SA20 0TT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-06

Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

EDWARDS, Dewi Eirian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-22

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Active

EDWARDS, Nicola Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22

Resigned

THOMAS, Griffith Owen→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2016-05-23

Resigned

THOMAS, Elizabeth Ann→

director · ~87y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2016-05-23

Resigned

THOMAS, Griffith Owen→

director · ~86y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2016-05-23

Resigned

CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture deed	1 property	17/05/2002	—

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-07-02

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-06-29