CEGIN EARL / EARL'S KITCHEN CYF.

🏛️Establishedactive
11744896 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-31
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.
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year to Dec 2025
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-09-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-09-02
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    SMIKLE, Earl appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-05-22
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    SMIKLE, Earl resigned
    director
  14. 2020-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As CEGIN EARL / EARL'S KITCHEN CYF.
  16. 2018-12-31
    ➕
    SMIKLE, Charmaine appointed
    director
  17. 2018-12-31
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    SMIKLE, Earl appointed
    director
  18. 2018-12-31
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Earl Smikle
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest02/09/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Charmaine Smikleceased 02/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Earl Smikleceased 21/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2018-12-31
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

8 Cornwall Street
Cardiff
CF11 6SQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SMIKLE, Charmaine→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-12-31
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Active
SMIKLE, Earl→
director · ~70y · appointed 2025-09-02
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Active
SMIKLE, Earl→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-12-31 · resigned 2020-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22