CRL FOODS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11017052 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£51.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 5.1y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £51,123
Net assets shrinking
Down £157,239 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 67% YoY
Cash YoY
-67%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£120k
↓ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
↓ 75% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £892.0k | £1.06M |
| Current assets | £1.65M | £1.39M |
| Cash | £119.7k | £360.0k |
| Debtors | £728.7k | £508.7k |
| Net assets | £51.1k | £208.4k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-01-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP (As Original Security Trustee)
- 2024-12-19📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Time Invoice Finance Limited
- 2024-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-31➕PHILLIPS, Gareth appointeddirector
- 2023-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
- 2021-05-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
- 2019-05-30➖LAMBERT, Daniel Scott resigneddirector
- 2019-05-24➕LAMBERT, David Severs appointeddirector
- 2019-05-24➕ROUTLEDGE, David Arthur appointeddirector
- 2017-10-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CRL FOODS LTD
- 2017-10-17➕LAMBERT, Daniel Scott appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Arthur Routledge Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/06/2020 |
Mr David Severs Lambert Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/05/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Daniel Scott Lambertceased 24/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070
Registered office
Unit 7 Christon Road
Gosforth North Ind Est
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 1XD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-24
Last: 2026-07-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
LAMBERT, David Severs→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2019-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PHILLIPS, Gareth→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-10-31
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ROUTLEDGE, David Arthur→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2019-05-24
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LAMBERT, Daniel Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2017-10-17 · resigned 2019-05-30
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Maven Capital Partners UK (As Original Security Trustee) Maven Capital Partners UK LLP (As Original Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Time Invoice Finance Time Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 26/04/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Maven Capital Partners UK Maven Capital Partners UK LLP | A registered charge | 3 properties | 21/01/2022 | 13/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Maven Capital Partners UK Maven Capital Partners UK LLP | A registered charge | 3 properties | 28/05/2021 | 13/01/2025 |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-23