CANNON MORTGAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05934099 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-13

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of mortgage finance companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-05
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-15
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SAVAGE, Ian resigned
director
2022-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-11
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MILLS, Tracey Amanda appointed
director
2019-09-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-22
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2007-09-13
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MILLS, Tracey Amanda appointed
secretary
2007-09-13
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SAVAGE, Ian resigned
secretary
2006-09-13
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Company incorporated
As CANNON MORTGAGES LIMITED
2006-09-13
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HOLIAN, Robert Wayne appointed
director
2006-09-13
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SAVAGE, Ian appointed
secretary
2006-09-13
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SAVAGE, Ian 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Tracey Amanda Mills Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	09/09/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert Wayne Holianceased 09/09/2022· 25-50% shares

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

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7 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

Incorporated2006-09-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64922 — Activities of mortgage finance companies

Registered office

16 Forester Gardens

Retford

DN22 6UR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MILLS, Tracey Amanda→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-13

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Active

HOLIAN, Robert Wayne→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-13

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Active

MILLS, Tracey Amanda→

director · ~54y · appointed 2019-09-11

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Active

SAVAGE, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-13 · resigned 2007-09-13

Resigned

SAVAGE, Ian→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-09-13 · resigned 2022-07-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-25

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-12-06

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-12-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-04

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-10-04

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-10-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-01-21