L & B CARTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07162174 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-18
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01130SIC 01130
  • 01190SIC 01190
  • 01500SIC 01500
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. 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, 4 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-17
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  3. 2023-12-12
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  4. 2023-04-15
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-24
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2023-03-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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  10. 2020-02-28
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-20
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  12. 2018-12-19
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  13. 2017-11-27
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  14. 2016-12-06
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  15. 2016-03-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-03-01
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    CARTER, Elizabeth Sarah appointed
    director
  17. 2010-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As L & B CARTER LIMITED
  18. 2010-02-18
    ➕
    CARTER, John Lee appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-18
    ➕
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-02-18
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-02-18
    ➕
    HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 2010-02-18
    ➖
    HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Carter
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Lee Carter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Brook House Farm
Allostock
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 9LU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CARTER, Elizabeth Sarah→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, John Lee→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2010-02-18
Resigned
HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2010-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30