D & J CHEESBROUGH & SON LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12070176 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-26
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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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01410SIC 01410
  • 01450SIC 01450
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  8. 2021-06-28
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-06-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-02-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2020-02-19
    ➕
    CHEESBROUGH, Jean appointed
    secretary
  16. 2020-02-19
    ➕
    CHEESBROUGH, John William appointed
    director
  17. 2019-12-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-12-03
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  19. 2019-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As D & J CHEESBROUGH & SON LIMITED
  20. 2019-06-26
    ➕
    CHEESBROUGH, David Geoffrey appointed
    director
  21. 2019-06-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

96/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHEESBROUGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 65. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Cheesbrough
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/02/2020
Mr David Geoffrey Cheesbrough
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Buildings Farm
Stannerford Road
Ryton
Tyne And Wear
NE40 3SN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-03
Last: 2026-06-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHEESBROUGH, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2020-02-19
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Active
CHEESBROUGH, David Geoffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-06-26
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Active
CHEESBROUGH, John William→
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-02-19
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2021-06-28
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21