CERES PH LIMITED

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16286934 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-05-06
    ✏️
    legacy
    change-of-name · RP04SH01
  3. 2025-04-30
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2025-04-30
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-04-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-04-25
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2025-04-24
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2025-03-05
    BROWN, Jason appointed
    secretary
  9. 2025-03-05
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2025-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CERES PH LIMITED
  11. 2025-03-03
    BARNETT, William Bingham appointed
    director
  12. 2025-03-03
    O'CALLAGHAN, Gerard Austin appointed
    director
  13. 2025-03-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-06: legacy

Group structure

W.& R. Barnett, Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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W.& R. Barnett, Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CERES PH LIMITED
This company · 16286934

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
W.& R. Barnett, Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

52-54 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V 0EH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Jason
secretary · appointed 2025-03-05
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Active
BARNETT, William Bingham
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
O'CALLAGHAN, Gerard Austin
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-28
legacy
change-of-name · RP04SH01
2025-05-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-03-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-03