168 CASTELNAU LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02062993 · ltd · incorporated 1986-10-09

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£3

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3

↑ 200% YoY

Current Assets

£1

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-20	2024-08-20
Total assets	£3	£1
Current assets	£1	—
Net assets	£3	£1

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

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2020-04-20
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2019-05-28
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2014-11-01
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THOMPSON, Philip Douglas appointed
secretary
2014-11-01
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THOMPSON, Philip Douglas appointed
director
2014-10-31
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ING, Dan Nung, Dr resigned
secretary
2014-10-31
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ING, Dan Nung, Dr resigned
director
2011-09-09
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BANNERMAN, James Alexander Thomas resigned
director
2004-08-13
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BANNERMAN, James Alexander Thomas appointed
director
1996-06-28
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CHEWTER, Mark Christopher resigned
director
1994-09-09
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ING, Dan Nung, Dr appointed
secretary
1994-09-09
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LOMAX, Alexandra Mary resigned
secretary
1994-09-09
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ING, Dan Nung, Dr appointed
director
1994-09-09
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LOMAX, Alexandra Mary resigned
director
1993-06-16
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WATERHOUSE, Andrew Philip appointed
director
1993-06-16
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WARREN, Charles William resigned
director
1986-10-09
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Company incorporated
As 168 CASTELNAU LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Douglas Thompson Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-10-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Ground Floor Flat

168 Castelnau

London

SW13 9DH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-20

Last made up to: 2025-08-20

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

THOMPSON, Philip Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2014-11-01

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Active

THOMPSON, Philip Douglas→

director · ~46y · appointed 2014-11-01

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Active

WATERHOUSE, Andrew Philip→

director · ~61y · appointed 1993-06-16

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Active

ING, Dan Nung, Dr→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-09 · resigned 2014-10-31

Resigned

LOMAX, Alexandra Mary→

secretary · resigned 1994-09-09

Resigned

BANNERMAN, James Alexander Thomas→

director · ~52y · appointed 2004-08-13 · resigned 2011-09-09

Resigned

CHEWTER, Mark Christopher→

director · ~60y · resigned 1996-06-28

Resigned

ING, Dan Nung, Dr→

director · ~75y · appointed 1994-09-09 · resigned 2014-10-31

Resigned

LOMAX, Alexandra Mary→

director · ~64y · resigned 1994-09-09

Resigned

WARREN, Charles William→

director · ~65y · resigned 1993-06-16

Resigned

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