CALDEW KITCHENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04444624 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-22
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£26.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,448
Net assets shrinking
Down £200 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£26k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£59k£79k£99kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£57.3k£92.9k
Current assets£56.1k£99.1k
Net assets£26.4k£26.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-07-03
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    ATKINSON, Marjorie Annie resigned
    secretary
  17. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-02-08
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    ATKINSON, Rebecca Maxwell appointed
    director
  19. 2002-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CALDEW KITCHENS LIMITED
  20. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    ATKINSON, David Roper appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Marjorie Annie appointed
    director
  22. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Steven appointed
    director
  23. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Marjorie Annie appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-05-22
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-05-22
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-05-22
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020

Registered office

Avondale
Hesket Newmarket
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 8HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-04
Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ATKINSON, David Roper→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Marjorie Annie→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Rebecca Maxwell→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Steven→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Marjorie Annie→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2018-07-03
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2002-05-22
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2002-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-28