CRIPSEY BROOK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06228336 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-26

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.33M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,331,657

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£63k

Net Worth

£1.3m

Current Assets

£261k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30
Total assets	£1.33M
Current assets	£261.5k
Cash	£62.7k
Debtors	£107.7k
Net assets	£1.33M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-07-07
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accounts · AA
2025-12-08
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-05-01
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GODDARD, Miriam Catherine appointed
director
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-16
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address · AD01
2021-04-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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officers · TM02
2018-01-31
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HADLEIGH, Simon Andrew resigned
secretary
2008-03-18
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HADLEIGH, Simon Andrew appointed
secretary
2007-12-31
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SMITH, Terence Alan resigned
secretary
2007-07-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2007-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CRIPSEY BROOK LIMITED
2007-04-26
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GODDARD, Geoffrey Peter appointed
director
2007-04-26
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SMITH, Terence Alan appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Cqk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cqk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CRIPSEY BROOK LIMITED

This company · 06228336

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cqk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	25/03/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Geoffrey Peter Goddardceased 25/03/2022· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Lake House

Market Hill

Royston

SG8 9JN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GODDARD, Geoffrey Peter→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-04-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GODDARD, Miriam Catherine→

director · ~62y · appointed 2023-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HADLEIGH, Simon Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2018-01-31

Resigned

SMITH, Terence Alan→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2007-12-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	25/07/2007	29/07/2024

Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-07-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-15

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-12-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-12-17

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2024-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-12-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-03-31

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2022-03-25

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-03-25