A.E. RODDA & SON GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive

08330491 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-13

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (9 active, 17 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-12-01
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FINCH, Fleur Louise appointed
secretary
2025-11-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-01
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O'KEEFFE, Patrick John Brendan resigned
director
2024-11-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-02
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KENNEDY, Neil Angus resigned
director
2024-10-02
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MORRISS, Roger Neil resigned
director
2024-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-18
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-01
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CARNE, Adrian Jarrad appointed
director
2024-07-01
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SAINT, David John appointed
director
2024-06-30
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DAYKIN, Stephen David Paul resigned
director
2024-05-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-02
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COBBLEDICK, Susan Anne resigned
director
2023-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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COBBLEDICK, Susan Anne appointed
director
2022-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-12-01
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BELL, Thomas Alexander appointed
director
2019-12-19
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DAYKIN, Stephen David Paul appointed
director
2019-12-02
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-12-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-11-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-11-05
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-10-16
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DENNETT, Theresa Margaret appointed
director
2019-10-16
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O'KEEFFE, Patrick John Brendan appointed
director
2018-10-05
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SIGRIST, Kurt Eduard resigned
director
2018-03-27
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KENNEDY, Neil Angus appointed
director
2016-03-04
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RODDA, Eric Thomas resigned
director
2014-12-11
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RODDA, Andrew Simon resigned
director
2014-12-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-12-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-03-31
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PENGELLY, John William appointed
director
2013-03-31
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RODDA, Alfred James appointed
director
2013-03-31
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RODDA, Nicholas Luke appointed
director
2013-03-31
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RODDA, Philip Ernest appointed
director
2013-03-31
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MORRISS, Roger Neil appointed
director
2013-03-31
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RODDA, Eric Thomas appointed
director
2013-03-31
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SIGRIST, Kurt Eduard appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RODDA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+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

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-12-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

The Creamery

Scorrier

Redruth

Cornwall

TR16 5BU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09