CADILLAC PLASTIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01649342 · ltd · incorporated 1982-07-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.48M
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 42/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: asset disposal / carve-out (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 21.4y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 68/100 (specialist).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
23 officers (4 active, 23 linked, 19 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
199 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
66
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,478,396
Net assets shrinking
Down £138,129 YoY
Cash YoY
+31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
↑ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£4.5m
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£5.5m
↓ 3.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.1m£2.3m£3.4m£4.6m£5.7mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£4.52M£4.72M
Current assets£5.49M£5.71M
Cash£26.5k£20.3k
Debtors£4.89M£5.28M
Net assets£4.48M£4.62M

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    JONES, John Martyn resigned
    director
  2. 2026-05-12
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  3. 2025-04-02
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    TREVALLION, Maud appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-02
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    WIGHTON, Andrew Gordon appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-02
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    WOOF, William Sones appointed
    director
  6. 2025-04-02
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    JONES, Annie Buchanan resigned
    director
  7. 2025-04-02
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    KENNEDY, Alistair Malcolm resigned
    director
  8. 2025-04-02
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    KENNEDY, Cecilia Joy resigned
    director
  9. 2025-04-02
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  17. 2025-02-21
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  18. 2024-09-26
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  19. 2024-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  25. 2024-05-07
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    officers · CH01
  26. 2023-09-30
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    mortgage · MR04
  27. 2023-09-30
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    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2023-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  29. 2023-02-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  30. 2021-10-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Investec Capital Solutions No.1 Limited
  31. 2016-10-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  32. 2016-10-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Siemens Financial Services Limited
  33. 2013-02-19
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    JONES, Annie Buchanan appointed
    director
  34. 2013-02-19
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Cecilia Joy appointed
    director
  35. 2010-03-05
    ➖
    HILLMAN, Ian James resigned
    director
  36. 2005-10-18
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    HILLMAN, Ian James appointed
    director
  37. 2005-01-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ge Commercial Finance Limited
  38. 2005-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: G E Plastics Limited
  39. 2005-01-26
    ➖
    JANIN, Olivier Robert Philippe resigned
    director
  40. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    JONES, John Martyn appointed
    director
  41. 2004-04-20
    ➖
    MICHIELS, Sonia resigned
    director
  42. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    JANIN, Olivier Robert Philippe appointed
    director
  43. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    JONES, John Martyn appointed
    secretary
  44. 2003-09-05
    ➖
    TOWNS, Julie Ann resigned
    secretary
  45. 2003-01-31
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    ALLARDYCE, James resigned
    secretary
  46. 2003-01-31
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    TOWNS, Julie Ann appointed
    secretary
  47. 2002-10-11
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    DE WOLF, Eduard Godefridus Antonius resigned
    director
  48. 2002-10-11
    ➕
    MICHIELS, Sonia appointed
    director
  49. 2002-01-31
    ➖
    BIXBY, Jason resigned
    director
  50. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    ALLARDYCE, James appointed
    secretary
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Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low
Has insolvency history
medium

Companies House flags prior insolvency events. Review the insolvency filings for context.

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Rivermead Plastic Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rivermead Plastic Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CADILLAC PLASTIC LIMITED
This company · 01649342

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rivermead Plastic Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/02/2023
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Annie Buchanan Jonesceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mr Alistair Malcolm Kennedyceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mrs Cecilia Joy Kennedyceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mr John Martyn Jonesceased 01/02/2023· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Melita House
124 Bridge Road
Chertsey
KT16 8LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (4 active · 19 resigned)

JONES, John Martyn→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TREVALLION, Maud→
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-04-02
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Active
WIGHTON, Andrew Gordon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-04-02
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Active
WOOF, William Sones→
director · ~75y · appointed 2025-04-02
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Active
ALLARDYCE, James→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2003-01-31
Resigned
PARRY, Christopher David→
secretary · resigned 2001-07-31
Resigned
TOWNS, Julie Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-31 · resigned 2003-09-05
Resigned
ADAMS, Gregory→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2001-09-04
Resigned
AUGUSTYN, Stephen Matthew→
director · ~87y · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
BIXBY, Jason→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned
DARRAGH, Kent John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-11-01 · resigned 1999-10-31
Resigned
DE WOLF, Eduard Godefridus Antonius→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2002-10-11
Resigned
HILLMAN, Ian James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-10-18 · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
JANIN, Olivier Robert Philippe→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2005-01-26
Resigned
JONES, Annie Buchanan→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-02-19 · resigned 2025-04-02
Resigned
JONES, John Martyn→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2026-05-12
Resigned
KENNEDY, Alistair Malcolm→
director · ~79y · resigned 2025-04-02
Resigned
KENNEDY, Cecilia Joy→
director · ~78y · appointed 2013-02-19 · resigned 2025-04-02
Resigned
MICHIELS, Sonia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-11 · resigned 2004-04-20
Resigned
NICHOLS, John Charles→
director · ~87y · resigned 1995-02-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Investec Capital Solutions No.1
Investec Capital Solutions No.1 Limited
A registered charge2 properties05/10/2021—
satisfied
Siemens Financial Services
Siemens Financial Services Limited
A registered charge—05/10/201630/09/2023
satisfied
Ge Commercial Finance
Ge Commercial Finance Limited
Composite all assets guarantee and debenture1 property31/01/200513/10/2016
outstanding
G E Plastics
G E Plastics Limited
Debenture1 property31/01/2005—
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Recent filings (199 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-02
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2025-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-04-02
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accounts · AA
2025-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-08