CHERRY ROCK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05805562 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-04

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01470

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 2.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 2.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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officers · CH01
2026-04-20
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2026-03-01
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address · AD01
2025-12-03
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mortgage · MR01
2025-11-26
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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accounts · AA01
2024-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2023-07-31
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capital · SH08
2023-07-31
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incorporation · MA
2023-07-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-31
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2023-07-28
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capital · SH10
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2023-07-20
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2023-07-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-12
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PHELPS, Eleanor Christine appointed
director
2023-07-12
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PHELPS, George Patrick appointed
director
2023-07-12
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PHELPS, Sybil appointed
director
2006-05-04
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Company incorporated
As CHERRY ROCK LIMITED
2006-05-04
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PHELPS, Sybil appointed
secretary
2006-05-04
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PHELPS, Geoffrey appointed
director
2006-05-04
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-04
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2006-05-04
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2006-05-04
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PHELPS, George Patrick (same surname) appointed 2023-07-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sybil Phelps Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/07/2023
Mr George Patrick Phelps Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/07/2023
Mr Geoffrey Phelps Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/05/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-05-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

C/O 16 St Owen Street

Hereford

HR1 2PL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-18

Last: 2026-05-04