CAWS CENARTH CHEESE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06864908 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,149,910
Net assets shrinking
Down £127,900 YoY
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£815k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£263k£526k£788k£1.1m£1.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.22M£1.36M
Current assets£1.31M£1.26M
Cash£815.5k£718.7k
Debtors£428.9k£486.4k
Net assets£1.15M£1.28M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-04-23
    ➖
    ADAMS, Carwyn Rhys resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-12-14
    ➖
    ADAMS, Thelma Mary resigned
    director
  6. 2024-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-26
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-05-30
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  11. 2022-05-30
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  12. 2022-05-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-10-15
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    ADAMS, Gwynfor resigned
    director
  14. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-30
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  17. 2018-09-28
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  18. 2018-04-24
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    accounts · AA01
  19. 2009-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAWS CENARTH CHEESE LIMITED
  20. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    ADAMS, Carwyn Rhys appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    ADAMS, Susanna appointed
    director
  22. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    ADAMS, Carwyn Rhys appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    ADAMS, Gwynfor appointed
    director
  24. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    ADAMS, Thelma Mary appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Caws Cenarth Cheese Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caws Cenarth Cheese Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CAWS CENARTH CHEESE LIMITED
This company · 06864908

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caws Cenarth Cheese Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting14/05/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Carwyn Rhys Adamsceased 14/05/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Susanna Adamsceased 14/05/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512

Registered office

Glyneithinog
Abercych
Boncath
Pembrokeshire
SA37 0LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ADAMS, Carwyn Rhys→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Susanna→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Carwyn Rhys→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2025-04-23
Resigned
ADAMS, Gwynfor→
director · ~92y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2021-10-15
Resigned
ADAMS, Thelma Mary→
director · ~88y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2024-12-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29