CANDYBOX CONFECTIONERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06033100 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-19
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 17.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£20.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £20,635
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£7k
Net Worth
£21k
Current Assets
£298k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £172.1k |
| Current assets | £298.3k |
| Cash | £6.9k |
| Debtors | £118.8k |
| Net assets | £20.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-09-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-09-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-05-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-02-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2016-12-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2009-02-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2006-12-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CANDYBOX CONFECTIONERY LIMITED
- 2006-12-19➕WALKER, Sharon Louise appointedsecretary
- 2006-12-19➕WALKER, Charles appointeddirector
- 2006-12-19➕WALKER, Sharon Louise appointeddirector
- 2006-12-19➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-12-19➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-12-19➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-12-19➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Walker Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sharon Louise Walker Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46360 — Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
Registered office
15 Prospect Street
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO15 2AE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WALKER, Sharon Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-12-19
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WALKER, Charles→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-12-19
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WALKER, Sharon Louise→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-12-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-19 · resigned 2006-12-19
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-19 · resigned 2006-12-19
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/05/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/02/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 17/02/2009 | 15/12/2016 |
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Recent filings (77 total)
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2026-01-16
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2025-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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2025-12-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-18