CEDITS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

07528776 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-14

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2026-03-31
Average employees	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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2025-05-27
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2024-05-30
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2023-06-30
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2022-09-21
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2021-07-30
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2021-03-16
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2021-03-16
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2020-06-29
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2020-04-17
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2020-04-01
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SPRINGTHORPE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2019-09-19
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2018-08-31
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2017-08-14
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2016-08-20
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2016-04-04
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2011-02-14
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Company incorporated
As CEDITS LTD.
2011-02-14
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SPRINGTHORPE, Jacqueline Ann, Mrs. appointed
secretary
2011-02-14
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SPRINGTHORPE, Paul Alan, Mr. appointed
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jacqueline Ann Springthorpe Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/04/2020
Mr Paul Alan Springthorpe Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/03/2017

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

Incorporated2011-02-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

24 Sutton Street

Flore

Northampton

NN7 4LE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SPRINGTHORPE, Jacqueline Ann, Mrs.→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-14

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SPRINGTHORPE, Jacqueline Ann→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-04-01

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SPRINGTHORPE, Paul Alan, Mr.→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-02-14

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Recent filings (36 total)

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2025-05-27

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2025-03-26

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2024-05-30

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2024-03-14

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2023-06-30

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2023-03-15

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accounts · AA

2022-09-21

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2022-03-15

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accounts · AA

2021-07-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-16

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2021-03-16

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-16

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accounts · AA

2020-06-29