CARCLO PLC
🌳Matureactive
00196249 · plc · incorporated 1924-03-08
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 29320SIC 29320
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and structurally messy structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 52/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 7.2y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: low (53/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
50 officers (6 active, 50 linked, 40 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
393 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (120 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-03-02📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-03-01➕TICHIAS, Ian Alan appointedsecretary
- 2026-03-01➖PLESSIS, Jacobus Gerhardus Du resignedsecretary
- 2025-10-16📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2025-10-15📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2025-10-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-09-17📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-09-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-09-11➖MCARTHUR, Anne Mary resignedsecretary
- 2025-09-11➕PLESSIS, Jacobus Gerhardus Du appointedsecretary
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-17🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2025-05-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-04-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-24🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Bz Commercial Finance Designated Activity Company
- 2025-04-24🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Bz Commercial Finance Designated Activity Company
- 2025-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-01➕TICHIAS, Ian Alan appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➖HUTCHINSON, Eric George resigneddirector
- 2024-12-19📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-12-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-03➖HUTCHINSON, Eric George resignedsecretary
- 2024-12-03➕MCARTHUR, Anne Mary appointedsecretary
- 2024-09-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-22➕KOZMINA, Natalia Sergeyevna appointeddirector
- 2024-02-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-02-27➖TEMPLEMAN, Jonathan resigneddirector
- 2024-02-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-01➕TEMPLEMAN, Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2023-08-21➖BEDFORD, David Michael resignedsecretary
- 2023-08-21➕HUTCHINSON, Eric George appointedsecretary
- 2023-08-21➖BEDFORD, David Michael resigneddirector
- 2023-06-20➕BEDFORD, David Michael appointedsecretary
- 2023-06-20➖WAKES, Angela resignedsecretary
- 2023-03-01➕AMEY, Rachel Nancye appointeddirector
- 2022-11-14➕BEDFORD, David Michael appointeddirector
- 2022-11-14➖WHITE, Philip Charles resigneddirector
- 2022-11-05➖SANDERS, Nicholas Ian Burgess resigneddirector
- 2021-04-30➖TOOHEY, James David Gerard resigneddirector
- 2021-03-31➖SLABBERT, Peter Charles resigneddirector
- 2021-03-01➕WHITE, Philip Charles appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 120 events
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
Red flags
2 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: MCARTHUR, Anne Mary resigned 2025-09-11; PLESSIS, Jacobus Gerhardus Du resigned 2026-03-01
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
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| 4NG LIMITED→ 10676596 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A IDEAL PRODUCTS (UK) LTD→ 09853708 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| A-RICH NUTRITION LTD→ 11590481 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACESI LTD→ 08465882 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS LTD→ 04485924 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| ADVANCED PRINT LIMITED→ 04047807 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| AFAAF LIMITED→ 05219052 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| AFRICAN HOME LIMITED→ 12975329 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALCHEMIST CANDLES LTD→ 12991166 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALLEN (CONCRETE) LIMITED→ 02120862 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 39y | — | — |
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| AMA SIGNATURE LTD→ 15691271 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated1924-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
47 Wates Way
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 4HR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (6 active · 44 resigned)
Active
AMEY, Rachel Nancye→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2023-03-01
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DOORENBOSCH, Franciscus Lodewijk Paulus→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-02-01
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KOZMINA, Natalia Sergeyevna→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2024-04-22
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OATLEY, Jonathan Mark→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-07-20
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TICHIAS, Ian Alan→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2025-04-01
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BEDFORD, David Michael→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2023-06-20 · resigned 2023-08-21
COLE, Richard Andrew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-08-30 · resigned 2019-10-04
COOK, Eric→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-06-30 · resigned 2015-03-31
CUERDEN, Alan→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-06-30
HUTCHINSON, Eric George→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2023-08-21 · resigned 2024-12-03
MCARTHUR, Anne Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2024-12-03 · resigned 2025-09-11
OTTAWAY, Richard John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-03-31 · resigned 2019-08-30
PLESSIS, Jacobus Gerhardus Du→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2025-09-11 · resigned 2026-03-01
WAKES, Angela→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-10-04 · resigned 2023-06-20
ADAM, David William→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1999-07-31
BEDFORD, David Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-11-14 · resigned 2023-08-21
BROADBENT, Adam Humphrey Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2003-09-04
BROOKSBANK, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2018-03-31
COLLINS, Simon Antony Cooper→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2020-10-05
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Bz Commercial Finance Designated Activity Company | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Bz Commercial Finance Designated Activity Company | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Andrew Martin Fay / Pan Trustees UK / Andrew James Cassell / Dalriada Trustees (As Trustees of the Carclo Group Pension Scheme) Andrew Martin Fay / Pan Trustees UK LLP / Andrew James Cassell / Dalriada Trustees Limited (As Trustees of the Carclo Group Pension Scheme) | A registered charge | — | 17/12/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/12/2020 | 17/05/2025 | |
| outstanding | Eric Cook / Andrew Martin Fay / Andrew James Cassell / Pan Trustees UK as Trustees of the Carclo Group Pension Scheme Eric Cook / Andrew Martin Fay / Andrew James Cassell / Pan Trustees UK LLP as Trustees of the Carclo Group Pension Scheme | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/08/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/08/2020 | 17/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/03/2019 | 16/09/2019 |
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Recent filings (393 total)
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-03-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2025-10-16
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2025-10-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-03