CTC ARABLE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07346265 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-16
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 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-01-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-11-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-07-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-07-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-22➖COMBE, Christopher George resigneddirector
- 2017-12-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2010-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs CTC ARABLE LIMITED
- 2010-08-16➕CARSON, Timothy Guy appointeddirector
- 2010-08-16➕RUDLER, Charles Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2010-08-16➕COMBE, Christopher George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 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.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
E & A G Stratton Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
R H Rudler & Son Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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CTC ARABLE LIMITED
This company · 07346265
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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E & A G Stratton Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2019 |
R H Rudler & Son Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Christopher George Combeceased 21/02/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr Timothy Guy Carsonceased 30/06/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| D.W. PICKFORD & SON LIMITED→ 04665620 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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| DEPARTMENT 83 LIMITED→ 04265144 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| DEVIZES EQUESTRIAN LTD→ 17034939 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DIEGO VELAZQUEZ LIMITED→ 16969197 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DKFA FARMS LTD→ 16609111 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DOUBLE DIAMOND DRESSAGE LTD→ 14693664 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| DOUBLE DIAMOND STABLES LTD→ 14674542 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| DREAMIN KENNELS LIMITED→ 17022890 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E P CAMBRIDGE UK LIMITED→ 05273587 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| E W CONTRACTING LIMITED→ 03328703 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629
Registered office
Unit 2 Greenways Business Park
Bellinger Close
Chippenham
SN15 1BN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CARSON, Timothy Guy→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RUDLER, Charles Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COMBE, Christopher George→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-16 · resigned 2020-02-22
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/12/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07