C.A. HEAL & SONS (AMUSEMENTS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03019965 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-09
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 30.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£889.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 30.1y
65/100
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Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.1 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: 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £889,059
Net assets shrinking
Down £73,439 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£40k
↓ 4.3% YoY
Net Worth
£889k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £911.3k | £991.0k |
| Current assets | £1.25M | £1.27M |
| Cash | £40.3k | £42.1k |
| Debtors | £1.20M | £1.23M |
| Net assets | £889.1k | £962.5k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-01-31📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 1999-02-12➕MARSHALL, William Roger appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-12➖BARLOW, Michael John resignedsecretary
- 1996-05-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1995-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs C.A. HEAL & SONS (AMUSEMENTS) LIMITED
- 1995-02-09➕HEAL, Albert Jason appointeddirector
- 1995-02-09➕HEAL, Charles Arthur Albert appointeddirector
- 1995-02-09➕BARLOW, Michael John appointedsecretary
- 1995-02-09➕COURT SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-02-09➖COURT SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-02-09➕COURT BUSINESS SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1995-02-09➖COURT BUSINESS SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
99/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HEAL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Albert Jason Heal Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/02/2017 |
Mr Charles Arthur Albert Heal Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Registered office
4 King Square
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3YF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
MARSHALL, William Roger→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-02-12
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HEAL, Albert Jason→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1995-02-09
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HEAL, Charles Arthur Albert→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1995-02-09
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BARLOW, Michael John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1999-02-12
COURT SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1995-02-09
COURT BUSINESS SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1995-02-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 17/05/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (79 total)
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2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17