CRUSH FOODS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07768635 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-09
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 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10410
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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
Metric2024-09-30
Average employees600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Kyle Dymoke appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-01
    ➖
    HOVESEN, Poul Jorgen resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2020-06-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-29
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-09-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  16. 2018-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2017-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-04-22
    ➕
    DEWING, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2015-04-22
    ➕
    HOVESEN, Poul Jorgen appointed
    director
  21. 2015-04-22
    ➖
    PLAYFORD, Brendan Matthew resigned
    director
  22. 2011-09-14
    ➖
    NEWHAM, Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 2011-09-14
    ➖
    PLAYFORD, Rodney resigned
    director
  24. 2011-09-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRUSH FOODS LTD
  25. 2011-09-09
    ➕
    NEWHAM, Stephen appointed
    director
  26. 2011-09-09
    ➕
    PLAYFORD, Brendan Matthew appointed
    director
  27. 2011-09-09
    ➕
    PLAYFORD, Rodney appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Salle Farms Company
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Dewing Grain Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CRUSH FOODS LTD
This company · 07768635

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Salle Farms Company
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Dewing Grain Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10410 — SIC 10410

Registered office

Park Farm Cawston Road
Salle
Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 4SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DEWING, Andrew Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Kyle Dymoke→
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOVESEN, Poul Jorgen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-04-22 · resigned 2022-06-01
Resigned
NEWHAM, Stephen→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-09-09 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned
PLAYFORD, Brendan Matthew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-09-09 · resigned 2015-04-22
Resigned
PLAYFORD, Rodney→
director · ~85y · appointed 2011-09-09 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—25/09/2018—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-04-06