COLWITH FARM POTATOES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12123506 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£207.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10310
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £207,150
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£50k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£207k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £50.0k | £57.2k |
| Net assets | £207.2k | £148.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-07-26🏢Company incorporatedAs COLWITH FARM POTATOES LIMITED
- 2019-07-26➕DUSTOW, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2019-07-26➕DUSTOW, Clare appointeddirector
- 2019-07-26➕DUSTOW, Michael Clive appointeddirector
- 2019-07-26➕DUSTOW, Susan appointeddirector
- 2019-07-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| AC ST IVES LIMITED→ 14637960 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| BAREFOOT NUTRITION LTD→ 10696828 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10310 — SIC 10310
Registered office
Lowin House
Tregolls Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2NA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
DUSTOW, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2019-07-26
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DUSTOW, Clare→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2019-07-26
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DUSTOW, Michael Clive→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2019-07-26
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DUSTOW, Susan→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2019-07-26
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Recent filings (14 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-06-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-07-26