CLAYTONS DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09262054 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10520SIC 10520
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-07-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-07-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2025-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Anne Marie appointed
    director
  9. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Peter Charles appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-01
    ➖
    CLAYTON, Charles Richard resigned
    director
  11. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CLAYTONS DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2014-10-13
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Charles Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2014-10-13
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2014-10-13
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 "CLAYTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512

Registered office

31 Wellington Road
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 7ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLAYTON, Anne Marie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLAYTON, Peter Charles→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLAYTON, Charles Richard→
director · ~83y · appointed 2014-10-13 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2014-10-13 · resigned 2014-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18