CAUSEWAY STEEL PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04488987 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£3.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,104,678
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,327 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£629k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Net Worth
£3.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£622k£1.2m£1.9m£2.5m£3.1mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.53M£3.53M
Current assets£1.33M£1.39M
Cash£628.8k£661.4k
Debtors£383.6k£353.5k
Net assets£3.10M£3.11M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-17
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-17
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-30
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-07-14
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    O'CONNOR, Michael St Clair resigned
    director
  11. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-09-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    NEWMAN, Sarah appointed
    director
  21. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    POTTER, Farron John appointed
    director
  22. 2018-02-20
    ➖
    ALLAN, Iain Gordon resigned
    secretary
  23. 2018-02-20
    ➖
    ALLAN, Iain Gordon resigned
    director
  24. 2017-08-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2016-11-30
    ➖
    ANTHONY, Alec George resigned
    director
  26. 2002-12-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  27. 2002-10-01
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    TAPPING, David Alexander appointed
    director
  28. 2002-07-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAUSEWAY STEEL PRODUCTS LIMITED
  29. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    MALT, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  30. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    ALLAN, Iain Gordon appointed
    secretary
  31. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    OWEN, Barry appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-07-18
    ➖
    OWEN, Barry resigned
    secretary
  33. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    ALLAN, Iain Gordon appointed
    director
  34. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    ANTHONY, Alec George appointed
    director
  35. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Michael St Clair appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24200 — SIC 24200

Registered office

Second Floor South The Fitted Rigging House
Anchor Wharf, The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Kent
ME4 4TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MALT, Robert Charles→
director · ~81y · appointed 2002-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWMAN, Sarah→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTER, Farron John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAPPING, David Alexander→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Iain Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2018-02-20
Resigned
OWEN, Barry→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-18
Resigned
ALLAN, Iain Gordon→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2018-02-20
Resigned
ANTHONY, Alec George→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2016-11-30
Resigned
O'CONNOR, Michael St Clair→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2023-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property20/12/200203/08/2017

Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09