CATSTYCAM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04552274 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-03
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 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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 22.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.6 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 (77/100)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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-12📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-12-12📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-04-03📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2006-04-18➖LAVERICK, Stuart Calum resigneddirector
- 2004-01-19➕LAVERICK, Stuart Calum appointeddirector
- 2003-10-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2002-10-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CATSTYCAM LIMITED
- 2002-10-03➕LAVERICK, Dorothy May appointedsecretary
- 2002-10-03➕LAVERICK, Andrew James appointeddirector
- 2002-10-03➕LAVERICK, Dorothy May appointeddirector
- 2002-10-03➕LAVERICK, George Malcolm appointeddirector
- 2002-10-03➕ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-10-03➖ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-10-03➕AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-10-03➖AR NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 89 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
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 George Malcolm Laverick Individual · British · DOB 10/1937 · age 89 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Dorothy May Laverick Individual · British · DOB 02/1940 · age 86 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew James Laverickceased 17/03/2022· board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Registered office
The Outdoor Shop
Glenridding
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 0PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
LAVERICK, Dorothy May→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAVERICK, Andrew James→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2002-10-03
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LAVERICK, Dorothy May→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2002-10-03
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LAVERICK, George Malcolm→
Activedirector · ~89y · appointed 2002-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-03 · resigned 2002-10-03
LAVERICK, Stuart Calum→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2006-04-18
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-03 · resigned 2002-10-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 06/10/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (81 total)
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-16
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-12-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-22