CERAMIC SYSTEMS (NORTHERN) LIMITED

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07041777 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
43 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees700700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-07-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  5. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-09-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-01-22
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    RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip resigned
    director
  14. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2018-10-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-05-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2012-12-13
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    RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip appointed
    director
  21. 2012-12-13
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    RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip resigned
    director
  22. 2009-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2009-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CERAMIC SYSTEMS (NORTHERN) LIMITED
  24. 2009-10-14
    ➕
    FISHER, Randall Graeme appointed
    director
  25. 2009-10-14
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Robin George appointed
    director
  26. 2009-10-14
    ➕
    RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip appointed
    director

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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 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

Top Notch Contractors Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Top Notch Contractors Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CERAMIC SYSTEMS (NORTHERN) LIMITED
This company · 07041777

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Top Notch Contractors Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2018
Mr Randall Graeme Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Robin George Graham
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Phillip Paul Rheinbachceased 28/03/2018· 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
Incorporated2009-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Dalmar House Barras Lane Estate
Dalston
Carlisle
CA5 7NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FISHER, Randall Graeme→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Robin George→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-12-13 · resigned 2020-01-22
Resigned
RHEINBACH, Paul Phillip→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-10-14 · resigned 2012-12-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—18/07/2024—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/05/2013—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Fixed & floating charge1 property27/11/2009—
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19