CM AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15385220 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-18.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,800
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£36k
Net Worth
-£19k
Current Assets
£63k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-14.6k |
| Current assets | £62.7k |
| Cash | £36.3k |
| Debtors | £7.4k |
| Net assets | £-18.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CM AGRICULTURAL SERVICES LTD
- 2024-01-03➕CANNINGS, Paul Keith appointeddirector
- 2024-01-03➕CANNINGS, Sarah Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2024-01-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CANNINGS, Sarah Elizabeth (same surname) appointed 2024-01-03. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Keith Cannings Individual · English · DOB 09/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 03/01/2024 |
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cannings Individual · English · DOB 12/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/01/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARROW FENCING LTD→ 15173494 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ASHBURY FARMS CONTRACTORS LIMITED→ 10772519 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BAKER'S AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTING LIMITED→ 05214160 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BIRDSTONE LIMITED→ 01309918 · est 1977 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 48y | — | — |
| BUTLER BROS.(AVEBURY)LIMITED→ 00554429 · est 1955 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 70y | — | — |
| CLARK FARMS LIMITED→ 07974118 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| COLDHARBOUR GRAZING LIMITED→ 11920031 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| COMMON FARM LIVERY LTD→ 14685399 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CORINIUM MUSHROOMS LTD→ 15696742 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| COVERLEAF LIMITED→ 03338783 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| COWBUZZ LTD→ 14075136 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CP FARMING LTD→ 11915066 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629
Registered office
23 Springfield Road
Rowde
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 2NX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CANNINGS, Paul Keith→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2024-01-03
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CANNINGS, Sarah Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2024-01-03
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Recent filings (9 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-03