CIG CERION MEATS LTD

🌳Matureactive

08026498 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-11

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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£45.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 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

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £45,799

Net assets shrinking

Down £12,481 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£46k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↓ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£45.8k	£58.3k
Current assets	£16.4k	£33.2k
Net assets	£45.8k	£58.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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2024-11-18
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2023-09-22
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2023-01-17
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2022-01-17
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2021-02-24
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2020-01-28
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2018-12-10
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2018-01-25
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2016-12-01
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2016-12-01
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2016-12-01
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2016-12-01
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2016-05-11
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2015-10-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-04-11
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Company incorporated
As CIG CERION MEATS LTD
2012-04-11
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DAVIES, Maria appointed
director
2012-04-11
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JONES, Ifan appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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
Miss Maria Davies Individual · Cymraeg · DOB 06/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Ifan Jones Individual · Cymraeg · DOB 08/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-04-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Waterloo House

Sarn

Pwllheli

Gwynedd

LL53 8DT

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Maria→

director · ~42y · appointed 2012-04-11

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JONES, Ifan→

director · ~44y · appointed 2012-04-11

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	30/10/2015	—

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