CDS (DISABLED SUPPLIES) 2009 LTD

🌳Matureactive
07072751 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£63.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £63,776

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£64k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£185k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£77k£115k£153k£191kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£77.3k£78.3k
Current assets£185.1k£191.4k
Net assets£63.8k£61.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-03-21
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2022-03-16
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  6. 2022-02-03
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  7. 2022-01-31
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    BARNES, Arthur Edward resigned
    director
  8. 2021-03-16
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  9. 2020-03-18
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  10. 2019-11-20
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  11. 2019-03-13
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  12. 2018-06-13
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  14. 2016-07-04
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  15. 2016-07-04
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  16. 2016-07-01
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    GREEN, Sarah appointed
    director
  17. 2016-06-30
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    BARNES, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  18. 2012-07-31
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    CHAPPELL, Bryon Leslie resigned
    director
  19. 2009-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CDS (DISABLED SUPPLIES) 2009 LTD
  20. 2009-11-11
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    MANUEL, Diane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-11-11
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    MANUEL, Diane appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-11
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    BARNES, Arthur Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2009-11-11
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    BARNES, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-11
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    CHAPPELL, Bryon Leslie 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 67 — 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 67. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Diane Manuel
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Sotherby House
Sotherby Road
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS3 8BS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MANUEL, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2009-11-11
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Active
GREEN, Sarah→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
MANUEL, Diane→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-11-11
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Active
BARNES, Arthur Edward→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-11-11 · resigned 2022-01-31
Resigned
BARNES, Jacqueline→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-11-11 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
CHAPPELL, Bryon Leslie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-11-11 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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2024-03-21
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2024-02-01
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2023-03-31
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2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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2022-02-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
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2021-11-26
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2021-03-16
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2020-11-18
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