COUNTRY STYLE FOODS (EUROPE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07423753 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-29
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
48 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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  2. 2025-10-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-10-30
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  4. 2025-10-30
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  5. 2025-10-30
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  6. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  7. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  9. 2022-12-12
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  10. 2022-12-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2022-11-28
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    WOOD, Joseph Anthony resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-11-28
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    WOOD, Joseph Anthony resigned
    director
  13. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  15. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-02-15
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    WOOD, Charles Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    WOOD, Christine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    WOOD, Joseph Anthony appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-02-15
    ➖
    CUERDEN, Simon Paul resigned
    director
  23. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    WOOD, Joseph Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-15
    ➖
    IMCO DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2010-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COUNTRY STYLE FOODS (EUROPE) LIMITED
  26. 2010-10-29
    ➕
    CUERDEN, Simon Paul appointed
    director
  27. 2010-10-29
    ➕
    IMCO DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 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 15 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.)

Group structure

Country Style Foods Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Country Style Foods Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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COUNTRY STYLE FOODS (EUROPE) LIMITED
This company · 07423753

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Country Style Foods Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Charles Joseph Woodceased 30/10/2025· significant influence
  • Mrs Christine Elizabeth Woodceased 30/10/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Joseph Anthony Woodceased 30/10/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated2010-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

50 Pontefract Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 8HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WOOD, Charles Joseph→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Christine Elizabeth→
director · ~83y · appointed 2011-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Joseph Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-15 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
CUERDEN, Simon Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned
WOOD, Joseph Anthony→
director · ~87y · appointed 2011-02-15 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
IMCO DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-26