C E IZOD LTD
🌳Matureactive
09731941 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.58M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Likely a small agricultural business operating under the Izod family name, probably growing arable crops such as wheat, barley, oilseed rape or similar cereals and oil seeds on farmland in the Chipping Norton area of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,576,533
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,467 YoY
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£27k
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£4.6m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£111k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.69M | £5.74M |
| Current assets | £110.9k | £129.4k |
| Cash | £27.2k | £19.3k |
| Debtors | £11.1k | £9.3k |
| Net assets | £4.58M | £4.61M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-02➕IZOD, Charles William Douglas appointeddirector
- 2024-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26➖IZOD, William Nathan resigneddirector
- 2020-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-08📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-13➕IZOD, Julie Ann appointeddirector
- 2016-01-15➕IZOD, William Nathan appointeddirector
- 2016-01-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-12-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs C E IZOD LTD
- 2015-08-13➕IZOD, Charles Edward appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "IZOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles William Douglas Izod Individual · British · DOB 09/1995 · age 31 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/08/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Charles Edward Izodceased 01/08/2025· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A.G. HEDGES (FARMS) LIMITED→ 00751290 · est 1963 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 63y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Cedar House High Street
Lyneham
Chipping Norton
OX7 6QL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
IZOD, Charles William Douglas→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2025-06-02
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IZOD, Charles Edward→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-08-13
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IZOD, Julie Ann→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-13
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IZOD, William Nathan→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2021-02-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/01/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 16/12/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (36 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18