CARDER TECHNOLOGY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08454024 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-20
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 2025
Net worth
£86.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 1.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £86,454
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,920 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£86k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£49k£99k£148k£198k£247kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£368.5k£355.1k
Current assets£29.1k£247.4k
Net assets£86.5k£109.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-27
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    address · AD01
  5. 2024-09-09
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    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-08-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  7. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-24
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  9. 2022-09-09
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  10. 2021-06-05
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  11. 2020-09-11
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  12. 2019-09-11
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  13. 2018-10-29
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  14. 2017-07-20
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  15. 2016-07-07
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CARDER TECHNOLOGY LTD
  18. 2013-03-20
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    CARDER, Christopher David appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-20
    ➕
    CARDER, Matthew Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 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 13 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 Christopher David Carder
Individual · English · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Stephen Carder
Individual · English · DOB 05/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Unit 2c Grange Hill Industrial Estate
Bratton Fleming
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 4UH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARDER, Christopher David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-03-20
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Active
CARDER, Matthew Stephen→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-03-20
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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
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/08/2024—
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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11