CATHERINE ETCHELL ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06550084 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-31

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-114.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Urban planning and landscape architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £114,418

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£114k

↓ 48% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↓ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-114.4k	£-77.4k
Current assets	£25.2k	£37.1k
Net assets	£-114.4k	£-77.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-28
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2024-12-22
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2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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2021-01-02
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA01
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-07
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officers · AP01
2017-03-01
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MCCARTHY, Andrew appointed
director
2016-12-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-17
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2016-01-08
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accounts · AA
2015-04-01
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2008-03-31
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Company incorporated
As CATHERINE ETCHELL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2008-03-31
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MCCARTHY, Andrew appointed
secretary
2008-03-31
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ETCHELL, Catherine appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ETCHELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Catherine Etchell Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71112 — Urban planning and landscape architectural activities

Registered office

Parc Y Bedw

Libanus

Brecon

LD3 8NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCCARTHY, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

ETCHELL, Catherine→

director · ~64y · appointed 2008-03-31

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MCCARTHY, Andrew→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-03-01

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