CPMC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04440911 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees500600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-14
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    HOLMES, Gerard resigned
    director
  3. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2019-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-09-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2017-01-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2016-07-13
    ➖
    MCCLAREN, Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2016-04-28
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2011-12-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Coutts & Company
  22. 2011-03-29
    ➕
    MCCLAREN, Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2010-06-16
    ➖
    SYKES, Timothy James resigned
    director
  24. 2008-02-26
    ➕
    HOLMES, Gerard appointed
    director
  25. 2008-02-26
    ➕
    SYKES, Timothy James appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2002-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CPMC LIMITED
  28. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    PORTER, Alison appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    PORTER, Alison Sarah appointed
    director
  30. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    PORTER, Charles David appointed
    director
  31. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-05-16
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 62 — 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 62. 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.)

Group structure

Charles Porter Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Charles Porter Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CPMC LIMITED
This company · 04440911

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Charles Porter Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2017
Mr Charles David Porter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

13 Yorkersgate
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 7AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PORTER, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Alison Sarah→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Charles David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2002-05-16
Resigned
HOLMES, Gerard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-02-26 · resigned 2026-04-14
Resigned
MCCLAREN, Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2016-07-13
Resigned
SYKES, Timothy James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-02-26 · resigned 2010-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Coutts & Company
Debenture1 property13/12/201123/01/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/01/200328/04/2016

Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18