CBL SUPPLIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
05702269 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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  2. 2024-07-04
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  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-08
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    MUMFORD, Liam appointed
    director
  5. 2023-06-08
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    NORWOOD, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-08
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  7. 2023-06-08
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  8. 2023-03-03
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  9. 2023-03-03
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  10. 2023-03-03
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  11. 2023-03-03
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  12. 2023-02-24
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    YOUNG, Lawrence James Fredrick appointed
    director
  13. 2022-08-11
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  14. 2021-05-24
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  15. 2020-11-30
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  16. 2019-08-29
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  17. 2018-12-27
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  18. 2016-01-01
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    WAKEFORD, Rebecca resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-03-31
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    JAMES, Mark Adam John appointed
    director
  20. 2009-08-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  21. 2007-10-29
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    GRIFFITHS, Jonathan Andrew resigned
    director
  22. 2006-09-26
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    GRIFFITHS, Jonathan Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2006-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  24. 2006-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CBL SUPPLIES LTD.
  25. 2006-02-08
    ➕
    YOUNG, Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 2006-02-08
    ➕
    WAKEFORD, Rebecca appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Young
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit A2
Halesfield 13
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 4PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

JAMES, Mark Adam John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUMFORD, Liam→
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORWOOD, Christopher Paul→
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Christopher→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Lawrence James Fredrick→
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAKEFORD, Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-08 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Jonathan Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-09-26 · resigned 2007-10-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Debenture1 property14/08/2009—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property13/04/2006—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08