CELLAR SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05299882 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-08-29
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  5. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2016-01-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2014-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-13
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    ISHERWOOD, Michael resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-10-13
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    ISHERWOOD, Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2004-12-09
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    JONES, Ernest Gwyn appointed
    director
  19. 2004-12-09
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    ISHERWOOD, Michael appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-12-09
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    ISHERWOOD, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2004-12-01
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2004-12-01
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2004-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CELLAR SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
  24. 2004-11-30
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-11-30
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Ernest Gwyn Jones
Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/11/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Nant Y Mynydd
Abercanaid
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 1YS
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

JONES, Ernest Gwyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISHERWOOD, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-09 · resigned 2014-10-13
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned
ISHERWOOD, Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-12-09 · resigned 2014-10-13
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-17