CASTLE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07207824 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-30
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 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueConservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 13.9y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £3,805,156
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £3.81M | £3.48M |
| Average employees | 50 | 5100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-03-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-22➕JAMES, Tristan appointeddirector
- 2022-01-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-01-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-10-28➕JAMES, Callum appointeddirector
- 2019-10-28➕JAMES, Liam appointeddirector
- 2012-08-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2012-08-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2010-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD
- 2010-03-30➕JAMES, Christopher Lawrence appointeddirector
- 2010-03-30➕JAMES, Kenneth Ivor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
43/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JAMES, Tristan (same surname) appointed 2022-02-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
Group structure
Castle Industrial Supplies Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Castle Industrial Supplies Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CASTLE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD
This company · 07207824
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Castle Industrial Supplies Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/09/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Christopher Lawrence Jamesceased 30/09/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Kenneth Ivor Jamesceased 01/09/2019· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| ATKD CONSULTING LTD→ 13243559 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Unit 6 Oakwood Way
Carnforth Business Park
Carnforth
Lancashire
LA5 9FD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
JAMES, Callum→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2019-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JAMES, Christopher Lawrence→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JAMES, Kenneth Ivor→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES, Tristan→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2022-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/08/2012 | 13/01/2021 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/08/2012 | 13/01/2021 |
Recent filings (74 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-23