FOSSHEY STUD LTD
🌳Matureactive
07160129 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-17
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-522.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
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 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -91% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
43 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £522,547
Very low cash
Cash position: £18
Cash draining
Cash down 91% YoY
Cash YoY
-91%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£18
↓ 91% YoY
Net Worth
-£523k
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-522.5k | £-508.7k |
| Current assets | £67.2k | £56.2k |
| Cash | £18 | £202 |
| Debtors | £46.7k | £32.5k |
| Net assets | £-522.5k | £-508.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-04➖DUTTON, Cathryn Mary resignedsecretary
- 2022-04-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-12-01➖DUTTON, Cathryn Mary resigneddirector
- 2017-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs FOSSHEY STUD LTD
- 2010-02-17➕TINKER, Charles Ian appointeddirector
- 2010-02-17➕TINKER, Sandra Carol appointeddirector
- 2010-02-17➕DUTTON, Cathryn Mary appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-17➕DUTTON, Cathryn Mary appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Ian Tinker Individual · British · DOB 03/1940 · age 86 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 17/02/2017 |
Mrs Sandra Carol Tinker Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 17/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Cathryn Mary Duttonceased 06/04/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629
Registered office
Atlantic Business Centre
Atlantic Street
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 5NQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
TINKER, Charles Ian→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2010-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TINKER, Sandra Carol→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUTTON, Cathryn Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2022-04-04
DUTTON, Cathryn Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2017-12-01
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24