CEL TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC142050 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-12

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (6 active, 32 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

137 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	10	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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officers · CH01
2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-11-06
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officers · TM01
2025-11-01
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ADAMS, Kirsteen Anne appointed
director
2025-10-31
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GROWCOTT, Christopher Liam resigned
director
2025-07-02
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address · AD01
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-07
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accounts · AA
2020-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-12-09
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accounts · AA
2018-12-04
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accounts · AA
2017-04-14
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BOWIE, Patricia resigned
director
2017-04-14
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BRIERTON, Jacqueline resigned
director
2016-08-01
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BOWES, Richard William George appointed
director
2016-08-01
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EDWARDS, Lorna Ann appointed
director
2016-07-31
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HUTCHINSON, Judith Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2016-07-31
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TURNER, Ashlie Louise resigned
director
2016-06-01
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MACRAE, Bridget Ann appointed
secretary
2015-11-01
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ADDINGTON HALL, Nicholas James appointed
director
2015-05-01
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RAE, Peter Robert appointed
director
2014-10-02
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MCDONALD, Gary resigned
director
2014-10-02
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MCDONALD, Susan Anne Lewis resigned
director
2013-11-21
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ROONEY, Brendan John resigned
director
2013-11-21
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TURNER, Ashlie Louise appointed
director
2013-10-08
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MACDONALD, Marian resigned
director
2012-11-23
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ROONEY, Brendan John appointed
director
2011-11-25
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BOWIE, Patricia appointed
director
2008-10-16
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GROWCOTT, Christopher Liam appointed
director
2005-02-23
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MCDONALD, Gary appointed
director
2005-01-26
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MCDONALD, Susan Anne Lewis appointed
director
2005-01-26
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SCUTT, Jacqueline resigned
director
2005-01-01
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HUTCHINSON, Judith Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2005-01-01
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MCGEOCH, Anne-Marie resigned
secretary
2004-07-26
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DUFFIN, Stuart James Aidan, Dr resigned
director
2003-04-28
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LEASK, Sinclair Gray resigned
director
2002-04-30
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SCUTT, Jacqueline appointed
director
2002-04-24
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DUFFIN, Stuart James Aidan, Dr appointed
director
2001-12-05
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BAKER, Gerald Patrick resigned
director
2001-12-05
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BRIERTON, Jacqueline appointed
director
2001-12-05
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MACDONALD, Marian appointed
director
2001-12-05
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WALKER, Michael John resigned
director
2001-07-04
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WILLIAMSON, Margaret resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Community Enterprise Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Community Enterprise Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CEL TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC142050

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Community Enterprise Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-01-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Room 5 Delta House

Carmondean Centre

Livingston

EH54 8PT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12