15 CASTLE GATE LTD
🌳Matureactive
00895879 · ltd · incorporated 1967-01-13
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.3y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
114 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £20,182
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,935 YoY
Cash YoY
-19%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£90k
↓ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Assets
£134k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £50.4k | £80.9k |
| Current assets | £134.0k | £156.7k |
| Cash | £90.1k | £111.0k |
| Debtors | £11.0k | £12.8k |
| Net assets | £20.2k | £44.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-11-19🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-08-18➕MCMENAMIN, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2015-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-06-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-03-01➖MONTEROSSO, Calagero resigneddirector
- 2008-04-16➖HALL, Robert Keith resignedsecretary
- 2007-08-23➖MONTEROSSO, Nazzareno resigneddirector
- 2004-06-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-01-24➖JERRAM, Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2001-09-01➕MCMENAMIN, Sean Francis appointeddirector
- 1999-07-17➖WYATT, Rex Anthony resigneddirector
- 1988-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC.
- 1967-01-13🏢Company incorporatedAs 15 CASTLE GATE LTD
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Sean Francis Mcmenamin Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Deborah Mcmenamin Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
Kh Hair
15 Castle Gate
Nottingham
NG1 7AQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
MCMENAMIN, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCMENAMIN, Sean Francis→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2001-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALL, Robert Keith→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2008-04-16
JERRAM, Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2002-01-24
MONTEROSSO, Calagero→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2010-03-01
MONTEROSSO, Nazzareno→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 2007-08-23
WYATT, Rex Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 1999-07-17
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/06/2004 | 19/11/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC. | Debenture | 1 property | 10/02/1988 | 21/06/2011 |
Recent filings (114 total)
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2025-08-29
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2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-17