CHEESEWRING FARM ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09187216 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£21.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,671
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,446 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£26k£32kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£87.5k£32.1k
Current assets£29.7k£32.1k
Cash£26.3k£29.3k
Debtors£3.3k£2.7k
Net assets£21.7k£32.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-28
    ➕
    DOWNES, Andrew Edwin appointed
    director
  13. 2018-11-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-11-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-11-27
    ➕
    BROKENSHIRE, Rebecca Carolyn appointed
    director
  16. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2017-06-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2014-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CHEESEWRING FARM ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  20. 2014-08-22
    ➕
    BROKENSHIRE, Rebecca Carolyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-08-22
    ➕
    DOWNES, John Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2014-08-22
    ➕
    DOWNES, Lynda 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 John Andrew Downes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2016
Mrs Lynda Downes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Cheesewring Farm
Minions
Liskeard
Cornwall
PL14 5LJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BROKENSHIRE, Rebecca Carolyn→
secretary · appointed 2014-08-22
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Active
BROKENSHIRE, Rebecca Carolyn→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-11-27
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Active
DOWNES, Andrew Edwin→
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-11-28
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Active
DOWNES, John Andrew→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-08-22
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Active
DOWNES, Lynda→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-08-22
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15