5 STAR CASES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02757991 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-22
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 27.9y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
140 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 7800 | 7100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-17🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-09-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-13➖SYKES, Keith Robert resigneddirector
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-31➕LASINSKIS, Ingus appointeddirector
- 2020-07-31➖SYKES, Christine resigneddirector
- 2014-03-10🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2014-03-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2014-03-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-03-03➖BOUWHUIS, Ida resignedsecretary
- 2013-07-09🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2013-07-09🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2013-05-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-07-14➕SYKES, Christine appointeddirector
- 2011-03-24➕BOUWHUIS, Ida appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-24➖GIBBINS, Lynda resignedsecretary
- 2010-05-27➕LOCKS, Justin Dean appointeddirector
- 2008-04-03➖WILLIS, James resigneddirector
- 2008-04-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-09-30➕GIBBINS, Lynda appointedsecretary
- 2003-09-30➖JONES, Lesley Christine resignedsecretary
- 2003-09-30➖JONES, Lesley Christine resigneddirector
- 1998-06-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1998-05-20➕JONES, Lesley Christine appointeddirector
- 1998-05-11➕SYKES, Keith Robert appointeddirector
- 1992-11-16➕JONES, Lesley Christine appointedsecretary
- 1992-11-16➖ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1992-11-16➕WILLIS, James appointeddirector
- 1992-11-16➖ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 1992-10-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 5 STAR CASES LIMITED
- 1992-10-22➕ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1992-10-22➕ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
5 Star Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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5 Star Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent
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5 STAR CASES LIMITED
This company · 02757991
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Keith Sykes Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 05/10/2025 |
5 Star Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity | — | 75–100% | 75-100% voting | 21/08/2024 |
Mr Justin Dean Locks Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Keith Sykesceased 01/10/2025· 75-100% shares
- Mr Keith Robert Sykesceased 09/10/2023· significant influence
- Mrs Christine Sykesceased 31/07/2020· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A1 FABRICATION LIMITED→ 10851503 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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| ABC LUTHERIE LTD→ 06762270 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| ABLE ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 02192690 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 38y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Broad End Industrial Estate
Broadend Road
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
PE14 7BQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)
LASINSKIS, Ingus→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2020-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOCKS, Justin Dean→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2010-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOUWHUIS, Ida→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-03-24 · resigned 2014-03-03
GIBBINS, Lynda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-09-30 · resigned 2011-03-24
JONES, Lesley Christine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-11-16 · resigned 2003-09-30
ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1992-10-22 · resigned 1992-11-16
JONES, Lesley Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1998-05-20 · resigned 2003-09-30
SYKES, Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-07-14 · resigned 2020-07-31
SYKES, Keith Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 2023-10-13
WILLIS, James→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1992-11-16 · resigned 2008-04-03
ST PETERS HOUSE LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1992-10-22 · resigned 1992-11-16
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/03/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/07/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/07/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2013 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 03/04/2008 | 07/03/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/06/1998 | 07/03/2014 |
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Recent filings (140 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11