CASDON LIMITED
📈Growthactive
00565383 · ltd · incorporated 1956-04-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 44.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£19.78M
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32409
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.6y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
202 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £435,868
Turnover YoY
+6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19.78M | £18.69M |
| Gross profit | £6.47M | £5.92M |
| Operating profit | £471.1k | £350.6k |
| Profit before tax | £435.9k | £316.9k |
| Average employees | 33 | 3400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-06➖CASSIDY, Paul Michael resigneddirector
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-07-17➖WILKINSON, Stanley resignedsecretary
- 2017-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-06-30➖WILKINSON, Stanley resigneddirector
- 2008-06-02➕CASSIDY, Philip Thomas appointeddirector
- 2007-05-03➖CASSIDY, Thomas Daniel resigneddirector
- 2005-08-19➕CASSIDY, Peter Charles appointeddirector
- 2005-06-24➖CASSIDY, Stephen Michael resigneddirector
- 2005-06-24➖HOPKINSON, Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2005-01-03➖CASSIDY, Joseph Gregory resigneddirector
- 2000-10-09➖COWBURN, Michael resigneddirector
- 1999-04-09➖WIGAN, Andrew Nigel resignedsecretary
- 1999-04-09➕WILKINSON, Stanley appointedsecretary
- 1998-03-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-03-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1981-12-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Williams & Glyn's Bank Limited
- 1956-04-28🏢Company incorporatedAs CASDON LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Calder Products Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Calder Products Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CASDON LIMITED
This company · 00565383
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Calder Products Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1956-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32409 — SIC 32409
Registered office
Casdon Works
Cornford Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 4QW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)
CASSIDY, Peter Charles→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2005-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CASSIDY, Philip Thomas→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2008-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WIGAN, Andrew Nigel→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-04-09
WILKINSON, Stanley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 2018-07-17
CASSIDY, Joseph Gregory→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2005-01-03
CASSIDY, Paul Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2020-01-06
CASSIDY, Stephen Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2005-06-24
CASSIDY, Thomas Daniel→
Resigneddirector · ~106y · resigned 2007-05-03
COWBURN, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2000-10-09
HOPKINSON, Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2005-06-24
WILKINSON, Stanley→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2015-06-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/09/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/03/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 03/03/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Williams & Glyn's Bank Williams & Glyn's Bank Limited | Deed | 1 property | 10/12/1981 | — |
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Recent filings (202 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-30