CASPAR & CO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04750705 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-01
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 17.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 17.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.4 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 (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,415
Net assets shrinking
Down £44,496 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 83% YoY
Current Assets
£153k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£45k£90k£135k£180k£225kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.9k£54.4k
Current assets£152.7k£225.1k
Cash—£94.5k
Debtors—£130.6k
Net assets£9.4k£53.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-02-05
    ➕
    EDMONDS, Sophie Victoria Mary appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2017-02-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2009-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2003-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CASPAR & CO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    EDMONDS, Sophie Victoria Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Caspar Dominic John Gorna appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Caspar Dominic John Gorna Davies
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

5 Westcliff Gardens
Margate
CT9 5DS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EDMONDS, Sophie Victoria Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active
DAVIES, Caspar Dominic John Gorna→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active
EDMONDS, Sophie Victoria Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-02-05
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Active
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/03/2009—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21