DAIRY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04514636 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-19

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 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46330

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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accounts · AA01
2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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officers · AP01
2022-07-05
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LYON, Alexander Murray appointed
director
2021-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-11
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officers · AP01
2020-06-11
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officers · TM01
2020-06-01
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CHATTERS, Michael David John appointed
director
2020-05-29
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MEAUDRE, Hugues Bernard resigned
director
2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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officers · TM01
2019-08-08
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HILTON, Nicholas Anthony resigned
director
2018-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-10-03
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officers · AP01
2018-10-01
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MEAUDRE, Hugues Bernard appointed
director
2018-07-31
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TAYLOR, Mark Garfield resigned
director
2016-11-01
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WEAVER, Ashley Clinton Darrel appointed
director
2016-09-22
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AUSTIN, Philip Anthony appointed
secretary
2016-04-06
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BEECH, Sydney John resigned
secretary
2016-04-06
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BEECH, Sydney John resigned
director
2015-08-11
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TAYLOR, Mark Garfield appointed
director
2015-05-31
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SMITH, Andrew James resigned
director
2014-09-24
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O'LEARY, Kevin Francis resigned
director
2013-06-01
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BEECH, Sydney John appointed
secretary
2013-06-01
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SADLER, James resigned
secretary
2011-06-30
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HILTON, Nicholas Anthony appointed
director
2011-06-30
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KERR, John Douglas resigned
director
2007-04-12
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O'LEARY, Kevin Francis appointed
director
2007-03-26
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POWELL COOK, Neale Alan resigned
director
2005-08-12
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MCFARLANE, David Neil appointed
director
2005-08-12
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CICHOSZ, George resigned
director
2005-01-18
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BEECH, Sydney John appointed
director
2005-01-18
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CICHOSZ, George appointed
director
2005-01-18
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HARPER, Daniel David resigned
director
2005-01-18
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MCFARLANE, David Neil resigned
director
2005-01-10
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IRVINE, Douglas Forbes resigned
director
2005-01-10
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IRVINE, John Alastair resigned
director
2005-01-10
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POWELL COOK, Neale Alan appointed
director
2005-01-10
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SMITH, Andrew James appointed
director
2002-11-18
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KERR, Niel John Douglas appointed
director
2002-11-18
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HARPER, Daniel David appointed
director
2002-11-18
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IRVINE, Douglas Forbes appointed
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Lactalis Mclelland Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Fayrefield Foods Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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DAIRY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · 04514636

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fayrefield Foods Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	19/08/2016
Lactalis Mclelland Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/08/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Douglas Kerrceased 19/08/2016· 50-75% shares · firm interest

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

Incorporated2002-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46330 — SIC 46330

Registered office

Englesea House

Barthomley Road

Crewe

Cheshire

CW1 5UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19