CATOR ESTATE (BECKENHAM) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02578599 · ltd · incorporated 1991-01-31
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£4
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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 £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
£156
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£62£124£187£249£311Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£4£4
Current assets£156£311
Net assets£4£4

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-05-31
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    MASON, Lauren Helen appointed
    director
  3. 2026-01-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-01-15
    ➖
    MASON, Ruth Janis resigned
    director
  5. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-14
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2018-05-14
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    MASON, Lauren Helen appointed
    secretary
  16. 2018-05-01
    ➖
    MASON, Colin John Stewart resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2007-04-30
    ➕
    MASON, Colin John Stewart appointed
    director
  21. 2007-04-30
    ➕
    MEINECK, John Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2007-04-30
    ➕
    MEINECK, Susan Frances appointed
    director
  23. 1997-07-16
    ➖
    MASON, Richard Peter resigned
    director
  24. 1997-07-16
    ➕
    MASON, Ruth Janis appointed
    director
  25. 1991-01-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CATOR ESTATE (BECKENHAM) 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

73/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

29 Cuthbert Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 3RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

MASON, Lauren Helen→
secretary · appointed 2018-05-01
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Active
MASON, Colin John Stewart→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-04-30
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Active
MASON, Lauren Helen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2026-05-31
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Active
MEINECK, John Christopher→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-04-30
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Active
MEINECK, Susan Frances→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASON, Colin John Stewart→
secretary · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned
MASON, Richard Peter→
director · ~73y · resigned 1997-07-16
Resigned
MASON, Ruth Janis→
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-07-16 · resigned 2026-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31