CELTIC ORIENTAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07181764 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-09
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 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10840
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
50 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,017,074
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£307k
Net Worth
£1.0m
Current Assets
£932k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.02M | — |
| Current assets | £932.0k | — |
| Cash | £307.5k | — |
| Debtors | £459.5k | — |
| Net assets | £1.02M | — |
| Average employees | — | 1200 |
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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See pricing →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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-21📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-02-04📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-31➖NYINAKU, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2023-11-17📄accounts-amended-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-09-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-09-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-09-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2014-11-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2010-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CELTIC ORIENTAL LIMITED
- 2010-03-09➕EVANS-JONES, Brian appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-09➕EVANS-JONES, Brian appointeddirector
- 2010-03-09➕LUCAS, Derek Anthony appointeddirector
- 2010-03-09➕NYINAKU, Anthony appointeddirector
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
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 71 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Tracey Jane Lucas Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/03/2018 |
Mr Brian Evans-Jones Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/03/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Anthony Nyinakuceased 31/07/2024· significant influence
- Mr Derek Anthony Lucasceased 31/03/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840
Registered office
2a East Road
Penallta Industrial Estate
Hengoed
South Wales
CF82 7SU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
EVANS-JONES, Brian→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-03-09
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EVANS-JONES, Brian→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-03-09
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LUCAS, Derek Anthony→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-03-09
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NYINAKU, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-09 · resigned 2024-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 09/12/2014 | 13/09/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/11/2014 | 13/09/2022 |
Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-13
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-21
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-09
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21