CB INTERNATIONAL SPORTHORSES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10028734 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-26
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
23 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees2

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-24
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2018-02-21
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-21
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    WREN, Chloe Lucy appointed
    director
  14. 2016-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CB INTERNATIONAL SPORTHORSES LIMITED
  15. 2016-02-26
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    WREN, Darren Joseph appointed
    director
  16. 2016-02-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Darren Joseph Wren
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2016-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Westgate Chambers
8a Elm Park Road
Pinner
HA5 3LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WREN, Chloe Lucy→
director · ~29y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Active
WREN, Darren Joseph→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-02-26
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20