CADMAN COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07234296 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-26
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-15➖PERCIVAL, John Martyn resigneddirector
- 2025-12-09✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-07➖DEARY, Matthew Denis resigneddirector
- 2021-10-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-08➕CADMAN, Jack Emerson appointeddirector
- 2021-09-08➕PERCIVAL, John Martyn appointeddirector
- 2020-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-14➖APPLETON, David Michael resigneddirector
- 2020-02-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-07➕DEARY, Matthew Denis appointeddirector
- 2019-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2012-05-01➖ASTON HOUSE NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-06-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Mr Terence David Davison
- 2010-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs CADMAN COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2010-04-26➕CADMAN, Giles Dearing appointeddirector
- 2010-04-26➕ASTON HOUSE NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-04-26➕APPLETON, David Michael 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CADMAN" — 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
19/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CADMAN, Jack Emerson (same surname) appointed 2021-09-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-12-09: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Giles Dearing Cadman Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47721 — Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Registered office
1-4 South Lodge Offices 100 Wellingborough Road
Ecton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN6 0QR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
CADMAN, Giles Dearing→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-26
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CADMAN, Jack Emerson→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2021-09-08
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ASTON HOUSE NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-26 · resigned 2012-05-01
APPLETON, David Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2010-04-26 · resigned 2020-02-14
DEARY, Matthew Denis→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2020-01-07 · resigned 2021-10-07
PERCIVAL, John Martyn→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-09-08 · resigned 2026-01-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Mr Terence David Davison | Debenture | 1 property | 09/06/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-07