CASTLEGATE BLUE LTD
🌳Matureactive
04101930 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-03
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 19.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£22.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 82911
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 19.4y
65/100
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Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.4 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, 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, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 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 £22,464
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£22k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£138k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £22.5k | £22.5k |
| Current assets | £137.6k | £137.6k |
| Net assets | £22.5k | £22.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-02-14📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2023-01-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-01-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-11-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-10-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-02-22📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2011-10-31➖DIXON, Christopher Ian resigneddirector
- 2010-04-06➕DIXON, Christopher Ian appointeddirector
- 2007-02-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2000-11-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLEGATE BLUE LTD
- 2000-11-03➕HOPWOOD, Jamie Lee appointedsecretary
- 2000-11-03➕HOPWOOD, Jamie Lee appointeddirector
- 2000-11-03➕HOPWOOD, Julie appointeddirector
- 2000-11-03➕YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-11-03➖YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-11-03➕YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-11-03➖YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)
Group structure
Orbit Collections Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Orbit Collections Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CASTLEGATE BLUE LTD
This company · 04101930
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Orbit Collections Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/10/2016 |
Mr Jamie Lee Hopwood Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/09/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82911 — SIC 82911
Registered office
1st Floor The Maltings
Castlegate
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 7DP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
HOPWOOD, Jamie Lee→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-11-03
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HOPWOOD, Jamie Lee→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2000-11-03
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HOPWOOD, Julie→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2000-11-03
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2000-11-03
DIXON, Christopher Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2011-10-31
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2000-11-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/02/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-02-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-25