CASHDOWN RACING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04593589 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£89.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £89,498

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£89k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£89kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£92.7k£89.5k
Current assets£46.5k£44.6k
Net assets£89.5k£85.0k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-04-19
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  3. 2023-05-04
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  4. 2022-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-13
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-04
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  9. 2019-05-30
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    officers · CH03
  10. 2019-05-30
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-05-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-05-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CASHDOWN RACING LIMITED
  17. 2002-11-18
    ➕
    ROWBOTTOM, Cheryl Dawn appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-18
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    ROWBOTTOM, Cheryl Dawn appointed
    director
  19. 2002-11-18
    ➕
    ROWBOTTOM, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-18
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-11-18
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-11-18
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-11-18
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Rowbottom
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Cheryl Dawn Rowbottom
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

23 Riverside Bungalows Severnside
Highley
Bridgnorth
WV16 6NU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROWBOTTOM, Cheryl Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-18
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Active
ROWBOTTOM, Cheryl Dawn→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-18
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Active
ROWBOTTOM, Philip→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-11-18
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Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2002-11-18
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2002-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-11-20
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accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-04