CAMBRIDGE PLANT INTERIORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04685277 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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, 3 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
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-05
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-07-25
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    GOKAL, Hetel Kantilal appointed
    director
  13. 2018-07-25
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-07-25
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-07-20
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    FIELDS, Ruscha resigned
    director
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-11-05
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    THE MHH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2015-11-01
    ➕
    FIELDS, Ruscha appointed
    director
  20. 2015-10-24
    ➖
    FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-10-24
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    FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly resigned
    director
  22. 2003-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBRIDGE PLANT INTERIORS LIMITED
  23. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    FUNNELL, Richard John appointed
    director
  24. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-03-04
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly appointed
    director
  28. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-03-04
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard John Funnell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
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
Incorporated2003-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Manor Farm Royston Road
Harston
Cambridge
CB22 7NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

THE MHH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-11-05
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Active
FUNNELL, Richard John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-03-04
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Active
GOKAL, Hetel Kantilal→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-07-25
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Active
FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2015-10-24
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned
FIELDS, Ruscha→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2018-07-20
Resigned
FUNNELL, Elisabeth Blachly→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2015-10-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-05