CHERRY TREE (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive

06403718 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-19

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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£249.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.0y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £249,178

Cash YoY

+118%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£229k

↑ 118% YoY

Net Worth

£249k

↑ 71% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Cash	£229.1k	£104.9k
Net assets	£249.2k	£146.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2026-02-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-01
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-10-31
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-07-05
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-31
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mortgage · MR01
2023-05-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Seneca Trade Finance LTD
2022-11-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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NIAS, Sarah Marie resigned
director
2014-04-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
2013-03-30
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RIDLEY, Christopher David resigned
director
2009-01-15
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NIAS, Sarah Marie appointed
director
2008-03-03
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DAVIS, Pearl Olive resigned
director
2007-10-19
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Company incorporated
As CHERRY TREE (UK) LTD
2007-10-19
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BROOKING, Gavin Clive Spice appointed
director
2007-10-19
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TEIDEMAN, Mark George appointed
director
2007-10-19
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-19
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-19
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DAVIS, Pearl Olive appointed
director
2007-10-19
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RIDLEY, Christopher David appointed
director
2007-10-19
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-10-19
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark George Teideman Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Gavin Clive Spice Brookingceased 10/09/2021· 25-50% shares

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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6 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

Incorporated2007-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Unit 38 Martock Business Park

Great Western Road

Martock

Somerset

TA12 6HB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BROOKING, Gavin Clive Spice→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-10-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEIDEMAN, Mark George→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-10-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2007-10-19

Resigned

DAVIS, Pearl Olive→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2008-03-03

Resigned

NIAS, Sarah Marie→

director · ~48y · appointed 2009-01-15 · resigned 2019-07-31

Resigned

RIDLEY, Christopher David→

director · ~73y · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2013-03-30

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2007-10-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Seneca Trade Finance Seneca Trade Finance LTD	A registered charge	3 properties	26/05/2023	12/02/2026
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD	A registered charge	—	17/04/2014	—

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Recent filings (78 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-25

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2026-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-21

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

accounts · AA

2025-07-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-11-04

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-11-01

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-10-31

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

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-07-05

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-07-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-24

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

accounts · AA

2023-08-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-03