CEDARTREE IMPORTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06860376 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-73.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £73,096
Cash YoY
+111%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£160
↑ 111% YoY
Net Worth
-£73k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£73k-£55k-£37k-£19k-£2k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-73.1k£-51.6k
Current assets£11.4k£16.2k
Cash£160£76
Debtors£1.8k£2.1k
Net assets£-73.1k£-54.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-08
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-29
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    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-04
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  7. 2021-11-09
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  8. 2020-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-23
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  12. 2018-12-24
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  13. 2018-12-20
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-11-30
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    JOHNSON, Andrew Mark resigned
    secretary
  15. 2017-12-22
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  16. 2016-12-23
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  17. 2014-11-06
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    JOHNSON, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-11-06
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    NORMAN, Patricia Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-04-24
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    BLADES, Benjamin Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2012-01-10
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    BLADES, Benjamin Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CEDARTREE IMPORTS LIMITED
  22. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    VINCENT, Rosalind Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    NORMAN, Patricia Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2009-03-26
    ➖
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rosalind Mary Vincent
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

4 Spring Bank Meadow
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 1HQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

VINCENT, Rosalind Mary→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-06 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
NORMAN, Patricia Ann→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2014-11-06
Resigned
BLADES, Benjamin Paul→
director · ~38y · appointed 2012-01-10 · resigned 2012-04-24
Resigned
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2009-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-08