CAVE INNOVATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07594648 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,732
Net assets shrinking
Down £206 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£9k£14k£19k£24kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£19.8k£19.8k
Current assets£23.7k£23.7k
Net assets£1.7k£1.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-06-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-05-04
    ➖
    BHARAJ, Baldev Singh resigned
    director
  8. 2023-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    BETLEY, Janet Sandra resigned
    secretary
  12. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-04-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2018-04-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2017-06-01
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    BETLEY, Anthony Derek resigned
    director
  21. 2014-05-31
    ➕
    BETLEY, Anthony Derek appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-31
    ➕
    BHARAJ, Baldev Singh appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-26
    ➕
    BETLEY, Janet Sandra appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAVE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
  25. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    MCALISTER, Robert Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

Rob Mcalister Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Rob Mcalister Limited
Corporate parent
⬇
CAVE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
This company · 07594648

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
Rob Mcalister Limited
Corporate entity
—75–100%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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

7 Osborne Road
Spennymoor
DL16 7SL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCALISTER, Robert Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BETLEY, Janet Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-26 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
BETLEY, Anthony Derek→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-05-31 · resigned 2017-06-01
Resigned
BHARAJ, Baldev Singh→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-05-31 · resigned 2024-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12