CELLULAR AGRICULTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive

10131433 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-19

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

£72.7k

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £3,501,615

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 100% YoY

Turnover YoY

+100%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Turnover	£72.7k	£36.4k
Gross profit	£-2.11M	£-967.4k
Operating profit	£-3.43M	£-2.02M
Profit before tax	£-3.50M	£-2.04M
Average employees	2500	1600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-25
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GRAHAM, Peter Gerard resigned
director
2026-02-24
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WATSON, Robert Andrew appointed
director
2026-01-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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LAVIELLE, Philippe appointed
director
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-23
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MONDINI, Paolo appointed
director
2024-10-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-21
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-06
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-06
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-08-31
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DUNSFORD, Illtud Llyr appointed
director
2022-08-31
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TRACEY, Pat appointed
director
2022-08-31
➕
GRAHAM, Peter Gerard appointed
director
2016-04-19
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Company incorporated
As CELLULAR AGRICULTURE LTD
2016-04-19
➕
DUNSFORD, Illtud Llyr appointed
secretary
2016-04-19
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ELLIS, Marianne Jane, Prof appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Hilton Foods Plc holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Hilton Foods Plc

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CELLULAR AGRICULTURE LTD

This company · 10131433

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Hilton Foods Plc Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Illtud Llyr Dunsfordceased 04/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Prof Marianne Jane Ellisceased 04/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Felin Y Glyn

Pontnewydd

Llanelli

SA15 5TL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last: 2025-10-17