CASTLE FABRICATION & INSTALLATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02954929 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 25990SIC 25990
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees15001500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2023-10-25
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  4. 2022-11-02
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  5. 2022-01-25
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  6. 2020-10-15
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-10-17
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  9. 2018-10-15
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    FENTON, Jacqueline Anne Margaret resigned
    secretary
  10. 2018-10-15
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  11. 2017-11-22
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  12. 2017-11-15
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    FINCH, Andrew resigned
    director
  13. 2017-10-23
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  14. 2016-11-02
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  15. 2015-11-10
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  16. 2015-08-19
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  17. 2013-07-01
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    FINCH, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2012-02-01
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    WHELAM, Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-13
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    RICHARDSON, Terence resigned
    director
  20. 2010-02-10
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    ILLINGWORTH, David resigned
    director
  21. 2007-11-28
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    FENTON, Jacqueline Anne Margaret appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-28
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    ILLINGWORTH, David resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-01-19
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    RICHARDSON, Terence appointed
    director
  24. 2002-01-02
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    HUDSPITH, Edward resigned
    director
  25. 1994-12-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1994-10-20
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    EVANS, David Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    ILLINGWORTH, David appointed
    secretary
  28. 1994-10-20
    ➖
    WING, Clifford Donald resigned
    secretary
  29. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    HUDSPITH, Edward appointed
    director
  30. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    ILLINGWORTH, David appointed
    director
  31. 1994-10-20
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    BONUSWORTH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  32. 1994-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE FABRICATION & INSTALLATION LIMITED
  33. 1994-08-02
    ➕
    WING, Clifford Donald appointed
    secretary
  34. 1994-08-02
    ➕
    BONUSWORTH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Andrew Evans
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated1994-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Site No.8 Unit 3a Cold Hesledon
Ind. Est Cold Hesledon
Seaham
County Durham
SR7 8ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

EVANS, David Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHELAM, Paul→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FENTON, Jacqueline Anne Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-28 · resigned 2018-10-15
Resigned
ILLINGWORTH, David→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 2007-11-28
Resigned
WING, Clifford Donald→
secretary · appointed 1994-08-02 · resigned 1994-10-20
Resigned
FINCH, Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2017-11-15
Resigned
HUDSPITH, Edward→
director · ~77y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 2002-01-02
Resigned
ILLINGWORTH, David→
director · ~81y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 2010-02-10
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Terence→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2011-04-13
Resigned
BONUSWORTH LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1994-08-02 · resigned 1994-10-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/12/1994—
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Recent filings (102 total)

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2026-02-06
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2025-10-15
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2025-02-03
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2024-10-21
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2024-02-01
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2023-10-25
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2023-02-01
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2022-11-02
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2022-02-02
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2022-01-25
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2021-02-01
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2020-10-15
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2020-02-03
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2019-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01