CARPENTERS HILL DAIRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06398229 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-15
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-266.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01420SIC 01420
  • 10511SIC 10511
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £266,170
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
-£266k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£337k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£341k-£205k-£70k£66k£201k£337kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£271.6k£197.1k
Current assets£336.7k£280.3k
Cash£8.7k£12.8k
Debtors£62.1k£65.8k
Net assets£-266.2k£-340.7k

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

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4 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
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-06-03
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2023-10-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-10-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-09-01
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    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-08
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  13. 2020-01-07
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  14. 2019-07-30
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  15. 2018-08-31
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  16. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-03-11
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    COUPER, Heather Frances appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-03-11
    ➕
    COUPER, Heather Frances appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-11
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    RICHARDSON, Margaret Vivien resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2007-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CARPENTERS HILL DAIRY LIMITED
  22. 2007-10-15
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Philip appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-15
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Robert John appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-15
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Margaret Vivien appointed
    secretary

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting31/08/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Heather Frances Couperceased 31/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Robert John Richardsonceased 31/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Carpenters Hill Farm
Beoley
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 9BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

COUPER, Heather Frances→
secretary · appointed 2013-03-11
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Active
COUPER, Heather Frances→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-03-11
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Active
RICHARDSON, Philip→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-15
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Active
RICHARDSON, Robert John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2007-10-15
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Active
RICHARDSON, Margaret Vivien→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-15 · resigned 2013-03-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property31/01/200801/09/2023

Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15