CARLTON CONTRACTING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03522695 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-06
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£2.14M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,140,158
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 9.0% YoY
Net Worth
£2.1m
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£428k£856k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£2.14M£1.98M
Current assets£1.51M£1.38M
Cash£1.08M£994.2k
Debtors£376.2k—
Net assets£2.14M£1.98M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 capital
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01SH01
  2. 2026-06-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARLTON CONTRACTING SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 1998-03-06
    ➕
    ROBSON, Timothy John appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-03-06
    ➕
    ROBSON, Richard George Charles appointed
    director
  19. 1998-03-06
    ➕
    ROBSON, Timothy John appointed
    director
  20. 1998-03-06
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-03-06
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard George Charles Robson
Individual · English · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/03/2023
Mr Timothy John Robson
Individual · English · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

New Manor Farm
Carlton Husthwaite
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 2BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ROBSON, Timothy John→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBSON, Richard George Charles→
director · ~54y · appointed 1998-03-06
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Active
ROBSON, Timothy John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-06 · resigned 1998-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01SH01
2026-06-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26