CAMBRIDGESHIRE STRAW PELLETS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06928341 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-09

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£-8.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10910

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £8,304

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£30k

Net Worth

-£8k

Current Assets

£38k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30
Total assets	£-8.3k
Current assets	£38.1k
Cash	£30.2k
Debtors	£8.0k
Net assets	£-8.3k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-06-29
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2025-09-15
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2025-03-25
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2024-03-26
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2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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2021-04-26
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accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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2020-11-13
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2020-11-13
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officers · CH01
2020-02-11
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2020-02-11
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2020-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-11
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accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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address · AD01
2018-11-28
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2009-06-09
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Company incorporated
As CAMBRIDGESHIRE STRAW PELLETS LIMITED
2009-06-09
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FABB, Daniel Roy Adam, Mr. appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Amanda Fabb Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr. Daniel Roy Adam Fabb Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christopher John Rodgerceased 10/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2009-06-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

27-29 Old Market

Wisbech

Cambridgeshire

PE13 1NE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-23

Last: 2026-06-09

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FABB, Daniel Roy Adam, Mr.→

director · ~48y · appointed 2009-06-09

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