CAMBRIDGE AGRITECH CAPITAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12181480 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-30
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
35 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-03➖GREEN, Thomas Michael Curtis resigneddirector
- 2019-08-30🏢Company incorporatedAs CAMBRIDGE AGRITECH CAPITAL LIMITED
- 2019-08-30➕BUTLER, Sean Christopher, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-08-30➕WYLIE, Robert Dean, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-08-30➕GREEN, Thomas Michael Curtis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Dr Sean Christopher Butler Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/08/2019 |
Dr Robert Dean Wylie Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/08/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Thomas Michael Curtis Greenceased 24/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Registered office
Niab Park Farm Villa Road
Histon
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB24 9NZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BUTLER, Sean Christopher, Dr→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WYLIE, Robert Dean, Dr→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREEN, Thomas Michael Curtis→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-08-30 · resigned 2023-04-03
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-14