CASTLEMORE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06061228 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-22
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 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 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: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
68 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0—

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2017-09-25
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  10. 2016-09-29
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  11. 2016-01-22
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  12. 2015-09-30
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  13. 2015-02-18
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  14. 2014-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-01-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-09-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited
  17. 2013-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited
  18. 2011-07-08
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    WHITTINGTON, Cheryl Ross resigned
    director
  19. 2011-06-16
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    WHITTINGTON, Cheryl Ross appointed
    director
  20. 2011-06-06
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    WHATELEY, Diana Leslie appointed
    director
  21. 2010-09-30
    ➖
    CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr. resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-09-30
    ➖
    CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr. resigned
    director
  23. 2009-09-30
    ➖
    RAMAGE, Neil William resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-11-25
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    CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr. appointed
    director
  25. 2008-11-25
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    WHATELEY, Diana Leslie resigned
    director
  26. 2007-07-31
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    WHATELEY, John Grahame appointed
    director
  27. 2007-07-31
    ➕
    CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-07-31
    ➕
    RAMAGE, Neil William appointed
    secretary
  29. 2007-07-31
    ➖
    INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2007-07-31
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    WHATELEY, Diana Leslie appointed
    director
  31. 2007-07-31
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    INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  32. 2007-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLEMORE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
  33. 2007-01-22
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    INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2007-01-22
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    INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CASTLEMORE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06061228

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Cedar Court Hagley Road
Hayley Green
Halesowen
West Midlands
B63 1ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

WHATELEY, Diana Leslie→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHATELEY, John Grahame→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned
RAMAGE, Neil William→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned
INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
CREDALI, Giuseppe Antonio, Mr.→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-11-25 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned
WHATELEY, Diana Leslie→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2008-11-25
Resigned
WHITTINGTON, Cheryl Ross→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-16 · resigned 2011-07-08
Resigned
INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barnett Waddingham Trustees / Diana Lesley Whateley / John Grahame Whateley
Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited / Diana Lesley Whateley / John Grahame Whateley
A registered charge1 property11/09/2013—
outstanding
Barnett Waddingham Trustees / Diana Lesley Whateley / John Grahame Whateley
Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited / Diana Lesley Whateley / John Grahame Whateley
A registered charge1 property28/06/2013—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-11