CONTREC LTD

🌳Matureactive
07802714 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-10
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 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.9y

85/100
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.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
65 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
75
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-07-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-07-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2016-10-31
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    NAYLOR, Craig Steven appointed
    director
  19. 2013-12-10
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    BANCROFT, Roger Kenneth resigned
    director
  20. 2013-11-06
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    HENRY, Louise Claire appointed
    director
  21. 2013-04-29
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    CASSON, Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2012-07-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2011-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTREC LTD
  24. 2011-10-10
    ➕
    CASSON, Pamela appointed
    director
  25. 2011-10-10
    ➕
    BANCROFT, Roger Kenneth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pamela Casson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/10/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas Cassonceased 05/07/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Craig Steven Naylorceased 05/07/2018· significant influence
  • Mrs Louise Claire Henryceased 05/07/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated2011-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26200 — SIC 26200

Registered office

Unit G8 Navigation Close
Lowfields Business Park
Elland
West Yorkshire
HX5 9HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CASSON, Pamela→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASSON, Thomas→
director · ~38y · appointed 2013-04-29
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Active
HENRY, Louise Claire→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-11-06
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Active
NAYLOR, Craig Steven→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-10-31
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Active
BANCROFT, Roger Kenneth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-10-10 · resigned 2013-12-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/07/2012—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05