CASTLE MARINE AND AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02220202 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-11
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£29.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
109 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,639

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£29.6k£29.3k
Current assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£29.6k£29.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-08-05
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  5. 2021-08-17
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  6. 2020-07-03
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  7. 2019-08-19
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  8. 2019-03-11
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    address · AD01
  9. 2018-08-15
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  10. 2017-08-14
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  11. 2016-07-22
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  12. 2015-09-08
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  13. 2015-07-23
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  14. 2014-09-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-11-01
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    FLOOD, Adrian Glen resigned
    director
  17. 2012-12-11
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    FLOOD, Graham Charles resigned
    director
  18. 2012-11-30
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    FLOOD, Roy Stanley resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-08-01
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    MALRIC-SMITH, Michael Roland resigned
    director
  20. 2010-08-01
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    SOUCH, Jonathan resigned
    director
  21. 2010-08-01
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    THOMPSON, Keith Robin resigned
    director
  22. 2004-01-02
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    ANSON, April Vivienne resigned
    director
  23. 1998-10-21
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    HENDERSON, Thomas resigned
    director
  24. 1998-10-21
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    JONES, Colin resigned
    director
  25. 1998-03-31
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    ANSON, April Vivienne appointed
    director
  26. 1998-03-31
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    SOUCH, Jonathan appointed
    director
  27. 1998-01-05
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    HENDERSON, Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 1998-01-05
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    JONES, Colin appointed
    director
  29. 1988-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE MARINE AND AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Stanley Flood
Individual · British · DOB 07/1942 · age 84
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Castle Garage
Trebrown
Liskeard
Cornwall
PL14 3PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

FLOOD, Roy Stanley→
director · ~84y
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Active
FLOOD, Stuart John→
director · ~71y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANNING, Robert Anthony Kneale→
director · ~74y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOOD, Roy Stanley→
secretary · resigned 2012-11-30
Resigned
ANSON, April Vivienne→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2004-01-02
Resigned
FLOOD, Adrian Glen→
director · ~68y · resigned 2013-11-01
Resigned
FLOOD, Graham Charles→
director · ~73y · resigned 2012-12-11
Resigned
HENDERSON, Thomas→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-10-21
Resigned
JONES, Colin→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-10-21
Resigned
MALRIC-SMITH, Michael Roland→
director · ~71y · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
SOUCH, Jonathan→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
THOMPSON, Keith Robin→
director · ~72y · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
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accounts · AA
2025-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-11