CUMBRIA TREE GROWERS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11523652 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-17
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£16.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,300
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,780 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£11k£15k£19kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£16.3k£19.1k
Current assets£2.9k£4.3k
Net assets£16.3k£19.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-08-10
    ➕
    ASHBY, Michael appointed
    director
  11. 2018-08-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CUMBRIA TREE GROWERS LTD
  12. 2018-08-17
    ➕
    ASHBY, Angela Catherine appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Angela Catherine Ashby
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/08/2018

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
Incorporated2018-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Rockcliffe Cross Farm
Rockcliffe
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4BW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASHBY, Angela Catherine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-08-17
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Active
ASHBY, Michael→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-08-10
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-17