CASCADA LTD
🌳Matureactive
08475284 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-05
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 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-58.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £58,185
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£58k
↓ 167% YoY
Current Assets
£121k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-6.2k | £44.0k |
| Current assets | £121.3k | £151.4k |
| Debtors | £38.7k | £71.2k |
| Net assets | £-58.2k | £-21.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-26📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2026-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-15➕CARTY, Ingrid Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2013-04-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CASCADA LTD
- 2013-04-05➕CARTY, Sean appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 13 years.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Sean Carty Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/05/2016 |
Mrs Ingrid Elizabeth Carty Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/05/2016 |
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
Incorporated2013-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
Mor - I - Char
Welton Low Road
Elloughton
HU15 1HR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CARTY, Ingrid Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2014-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/01/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15