CINNAMON 2007 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC312763 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2023-06-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-06-08
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    TAIT, Angus Anderson appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-06-08
    ➕
    TAIT, Angus Anderson appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-07
    ➖
    STEPHENSON, Rosemarie resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-06-07
    ➖
    STEPHENSON, Rosemarie resigned
    director
  22. 2007-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2007-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2006-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CINNAMON 2007 LIMITED
  25. 2006-11-30
    ➕
    TAIT, Janette Eve appointed
    director
  26. 2006-11-30
    ➕
    STEPHENSON, Rosemarie appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-11-30
    ➕
    STEPHENSON, Rosemarie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janette Eve Tait
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/05/2016
Mr Angus Anderson Tait
Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Penkiln Garden Flat, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart Penkiln Garden Flat, Cumloden Road
Minnigaff
Newton Stewart
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 6AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAIT, Angus Anderson→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAIT, Angus Anderson→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAIT, Janette Eve→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENSON, Rosemarie→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2008-06-07
Resigned
STEPHENSON, Rosemarie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2008-06-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/03/2007—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/02/200715/06/2023
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Recent filings (53 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14