CARDINHAM & RIFLE RANGE COMMONS LTD

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05653115 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-12-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (70/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,521

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↑ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£29k£59k£90k£120k£151kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-1.5k£-1.4k
Current assets£150.7k£139.9k
Net assets£-1.5k£-1.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-31
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    YEO, William Thomas resigned
    director
  8. 2022-05-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2022-05-12
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    JACKSON, Joanna appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-05-12
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    FAIRMAN, Dominic Churton resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-05-12
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    address · AD01
  12. 2022-05-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-11-27
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    BATE, Roger John resigned
    director
  20. 2008-07-07
    ➕
    YEO, William Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-10
    ➖
    YEO, Charles John resigned
    director
  22. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    BEST, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2006-02-01
    ➖
    BEST, Stephen George resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CARDINHAM & RIFLE RANGE COMMONS LTD
  25. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    HANBURY-TENISON, Rupert Thomas Treveddoe appointed
    director
  26. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    BEST, Stephen George appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    FAIRMAN, Dominic Churton appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-12-13
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    BATE, Roger John appointed
    director
  31. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    YEO, Charles John appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

16 Beacon Road
Bodmin
PL31 1AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

JACKSON, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 2022-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEST, Stephen George→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANBURY-TENISON, Rupert Thomas Treveddoe→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEST, Stephen George→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2006-02-01
Resigned
FAIRMAN, Dominic Churton→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2022-05-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2005-12-13
Resigned
BATE, Roger John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2014-11-27
Resigned
YEO, Charles John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2008-01-10
Resigned
YEO, William Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-07-07 · resigned 2022-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-08