CAPEL MILLS MACHINE & TOOL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02855171 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-21
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£135.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -94% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £135,410
Cash draining
Cash down 94% YoY
Cash YoY
-94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 94% YoY
Net Worth
£135k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£248k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£128k£193k£257k£321kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£135.4k£135.2k
Current assets£247.8k£320.9k
Cash£1.2k£20.3k
Debtors£203.6k£259.3k
Net assets£135.4k£135.2k

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

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1 signal 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-03-26
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  3. 2024-03-18
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  4. 2023-03-20
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  5. 2022-03-29
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  6. 2021-09-13
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  7. 2021-03-24
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  8. 2020-03-09
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  9. 2019-02-15
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  10. 2018-03-19
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  11. 2017-03-28
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  12. 2016-03-31
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  13. 2015-10-27
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  16. 2001-07-13
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    JONES, Justin Thomas Gordon resigned
    director
  17. 1993-10-08
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    CURTIS, Robert Paul appointed
    secretary
  18. 1993-10-08
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    BUTLER, Stephen Phillip appointed
    director
  19. 1993-10-08
    ➕
    CURTIS, Robert Paul appointed
    director
  20. 1993-10-08
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1993-10-08
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    JONES, Justin Thomas Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 1993-10-08
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1993-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CAPEL MILLS MACHINE & TOOL COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 33 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Paul Curtis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

69 Kelvinbrook
Horst Park
Molesey
Surrey
KT8 1RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CURTIS, Robert Paul→
secretary · appointed 1993-10-08
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Active
BUTLER, Stephen Phillip→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-10-08
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Active
CURTIS, Robert Paul→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1993-10-08
Resigned
JONES, Justin Thomas Gordon→
director · ~55y · appointed 1993-10-08 · resigned 2001-07-13
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1993-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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2025-09-08
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2025-03-26
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2024-09-24
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2024-03-18
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2023-09-29
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2023-03-20
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2022-09-07
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
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officers · CH01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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2020-10-22
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2020-03-09
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2019-10-03