CASTSTITCH ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01630485 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£491.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £491,655
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£66k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Net Worth
£492k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£530k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £499.0k | £482.0k |
| Current assets | £530.5k | £522.3k |
| Cash | £65.9k | £62.7k |
| Debtors | £458.0k | £450.7k |
| Net assets | £491.7k | £478.6k |
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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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 (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-03-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-11-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-10-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-28➕SMITH, Lee Daniel appointeddirector
- 2024-10-28➖WILLIAMSON, James Scott resigneddirector
- 2024-09-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-04-03➕OGDEN, Mark appointedsecretary
- 2003-04-03➕OGDEN, Mark appointeddirector
- 2003-04-03➖OGDEN, Gertrude resignedsecretary
- 2003-04-03➖HODGKINSON, Norman resigneddirector
- 2003-04-03➕WILLIAMSON, James Scott appointeddirector
- 2003-04-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Norman Hodgkinson
- 1992-01-14➕OGDEN, Gertrude appointedsecretary
- 1992-01-14➖WHITEHURST, Gillian resignedsecretary
- 1982-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTSTITCH ENGINEERING LIMITED
Owner dependency
68/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
Caststitch Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Caststitch Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CASTSTITCH ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 01630485
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caststitch Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/10/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Lee Daniel Smithceased 28/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Caststitch Holdings Limitedceased 28/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
Unit 18 Daneside Business Park
Riverdane Road
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 1UN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
SMITH, Lee Daniel→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OGDEN, Gertrude→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-01-14 · resigned 2003-04-03
WHITEHURST, Gillian→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-01-14
HODGKINSON, Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · resigned 2003-04-03
WILLIAMSON, James Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-04-03 · resigned 2024-10-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Norman Hodgkinson | Debenture | 1 property | 03/04/2003 | 18/11/2024 |
Recent filings (104 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04