C.D.S. PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04530498 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-10
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 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
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
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £4.3k |
| Current assets | — | £85.5k |
| Net assets | — | £162 |
| Average employees | 300 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-11-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Apollo Business Finance Limited
- 2025-11-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
- 2013-11-30➕MORRIS, Yvonne Trudie appointeddirector
- 2011-08-08➖ORMEROD, Brian Stephen resignedsecretary
- 2011-08-08➖ORMEROD, Brian Stephen resigneddirector
- 2002-09-16➕MORRIS, Michael George appointeddirector
- 2002-09-16➕ORMEROD, Brian Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-16➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-16➕ORMEROD, Brian Stephen appointeddirector
- 2002-09-16➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-09-10🏢Company incorporatedAs C.D.S. PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2002-09-10➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-10➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Michael George Morris Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 10/09/2016 |
Mrs Yvonne Trudie Morris Individual · English · DOB 01/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/11/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Yvonne Trudie Morrisceased 22/04/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Unit 1 Barons Court Graceways
Whitehills Business Park
Blackpool
FY4 5GP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MORRIS, Michael George→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2002-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORRIS, Yvonne Trudie→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2013-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ORMEROD, Brian Stephen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2011-08-08
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2002-09-16
ORMEROD, Brian Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2011-08-08
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2002-09-16
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Apollo Business Finance Apollo Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/11/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 03/08/2017 | 13/11/2025 |
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Recent filings (71 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-29