C W LOW AND SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04661644 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-10
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
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
—
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£13.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 £13,880
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,561 YoY
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£14k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£37k£56k£75k£93kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£19.5k£31.4k
Current assets£79.8k£93.2k
Cash£31.5k£39.7k
Debtors£6.1k£9.4k
Net assets£13.9k£24.4k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-17
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    LOW, Pauline Clare appointed
    director
  4. 2025-10-17
    ➖
    LOW, Alicia Margaret resigned
    director
  5. 2025-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2022-04-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-04-13
    ➕
    LOW, Pauline Clare appointed
    secretary
  14. 2022-04-13
    ➖
    LOW, Alicia Margaret resigned
    secretary
  15. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-01-12
    ➖
    LOW, John Charles resigned
    director
  21. 2003-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C W LOW AND SON LIMITED
  22. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    LOW, David Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    LOW, Alicia Margaret appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-10
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    LOW, Alicia Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    LOW, John Charles appointed
    director
  28. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-02-10
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Charles Low
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

9 Great Chesterford Court
London Rd Gt Chesterford
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LOW, Pauline Clare→
secretary · appointed 2022-04-13
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Active
LOW, David Charles→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-10
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Active
LOW, Pauline Clare→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOW, Alicia Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2022-04-13
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-02-10
Resigned
LOW, Alicia Margaret→
director · ~94y · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2025-10-17
Resigned
LOW, John Charles→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2011-01-12
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-04-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-21