CAWOOD POULTRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08219316 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-18
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 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.31M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,311,237
Cash YoY
+117%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£336k
↑ 117% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£685k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£262k£524k£787k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.43M£1.23M
Current assets£684.7k£698.5k
Cash£335.6k£154.8k
Debtors£238.5k£543.6k
Net assets£1.31M£1.18M

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2026-05-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-05-15
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  4. 2026-05-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2026-02-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-02-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-02-01
    ➕
    CAWOOD, Charles David appointed
    director
  8. 2026-02-01
    ➕
    STEPHENSON, Lucinda Mary appointed
    director
  9. 2025-12-08
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  10. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2012-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAWOOD POULTRY LIMITED
  21. 2012-09-18
    ➕
    CAWOOD, Angus David appointed
    director
  22. 2012-09-18
    ➕
    CAWOOD, Sharon Dawn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAWOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CAWOOD, Charles David (same surname) appointed 2026-02-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angus David Cawood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/09/2016
Mrs Sharon Dawn Cawood
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/09/2016

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
Incorporated2012-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Styring House
Pocklington
York
North Yorkshire
YO42 1TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CAWOOD, Angus David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-09-18
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Active
CAWOOD, Charles David→
director · ~34y · appointed 2026-02-01
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Active
CAWOOD, Sharon Dawn→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-09-18
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Active
STEPHENSON, Lucinda Mary→
director · ~39y · appointed 2026-02-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—15/02/2018—
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Recent filings (38 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-05-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-05-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-11
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21