C & C AGRICULTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09223385 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-874.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
39 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £874,935

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£875k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£660k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£875k-£568k-£261k£46k£353k£660kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-763.1k£-598.0k
Current assets£660.0k£507.2k
Net assets£-874.9k£-705.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-29
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    mortgage-charge-part-both-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  7. 2021-07-29
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-07-29
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-07-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2021-07-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2020-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-08-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-06-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Metro Bank PLC
  18. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-07-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sme Invoice Finance Limited
  21. 2014-09-18
    ➕
    CAIRNS, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2014-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As C & C AGRICULTURE LIMITED
  23. 2014-09-17
    ➕
    CAIRNS, Karen Rebecca appointed
    director
  24. 2014-09-17
    ➕
    CAIRNS, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2014-09-17
    ➖
    CAIRNS, Paul resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Cairns Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cairns Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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C & C AGRICULTURE LIMITED
This company · 09223385

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cairns Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Broad House
1 The Broadway
Old Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CAIRNS, Karen Rebecca→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIRNS, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIRNS, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-09-17 · resigned 2014-09-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Metro Bank
Metro Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/06/202029/07/2021
satisfied
Sme Invoice Finance
Sme Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property28/07/201729/07/2021

Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
mortgage-charge-part-both-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-07-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15