CAPUS (U.K.) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01661145 · ltd · incorporated 1982-09-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£147.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 43.7y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
130 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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 £147,238

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£147k
Current Assets
£291k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-29
Total assets£147.2k
Current assets£290.8k
Cash£2.4k
Debtors£89.6k
Net assets£147.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #4
  6. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-02-15
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Flexabl Limited
  9. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-11-26
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    SEDGLEY, David Gordon resigned
    director
  14. 2020-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-10-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-10-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-09-30
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    ARTHUR, Helen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-09-30
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    ARTHUR, Helen resigned
    director
  20. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-03-31
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    GRAVENER, Donald resigned
    director
  23. 2007-05-17
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    Charge satisfied #3
  24. 2007-05-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2006-09-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 2006-04-28
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    SEDGLEY, Keith Neil appointed
    director
  27. 2006-04-28
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Helen appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-04-28
    ➖
    DERRY, Richard Francis resigned
    secretary
  29. 2006-04-28
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Helen appointed
    director
  30. 2006-04-28
    ➖
    DERRY, Richard Francis resigned
    director
  31. 2006-04-28
    ➕
    SEDGLEY, David Gordon appointed
    director
  32. 1994-06-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  33. 1990-05-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  34. 1989-09-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  35. 1982-10-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 1982-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CAPUS (U.K.) LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

1 med ·
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.

Group structure

Roadlink International Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Roadlink International Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CAPUS (U.K.) LIMITED
This company · 01661145

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
Roadlink International Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Strawberry Lane
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV13 3RL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

SEDGLEY, Keith Neil→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARTHUR, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned
DERRY, Richard Francis→
secretary · resigned 2006-04-28
Resigned
ARTHUR, Helen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned
DERRY, Richard Francis→
director · ~88y · resigned 2006-04-28
Resigned
GRAVENER, Donald→
director · ~79y · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned
SEDGLEY, David Gordon→
director · ~89y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2020-11-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Flexabl
Flexabl Limited
A registered charge—15/02/2023—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/09/200605/04/2023
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property16/05/199017/05/2007
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property27/09/198917/05/2007
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property29/10/198211/06/1994
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Recent filings (130 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14