DENSTEAD STUD LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11488055 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-27
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£25.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01621
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £25,563
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
Net Worth
£26k
Current Assets
£39k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £25.6k | — |
| Current assets | £39.0k | — |
| Cash | £16.9k | — |
| Debtors | £8.4k | — |
| Net assets | £25.6k | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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 (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27🏢Company incorporatedAs DENSTEAD STUD LTD
- 2018-07-27➕EDMONDSON, Demi Rose appointeddirector
- 2018-07-27➕EDMONDSON, Kadee Mae appointeddirector
- 2018-07-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Kadee Mae Edmondson Individual · British · DOB 10/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/07/2018 |
Miss Demi Rose Edmondson Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/07/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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
Incorporated2018-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621
Registered office
Denstead Stud Denstead Lane
Chartham Hatch
Canterbury
CT4 7NL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
EDMONDSON, Demi Rose→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2018-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EDMONDSON, Kadee Mae→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2018-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2018-07-27