CAKVS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08733303 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-15
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
41 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees300200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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  3. 2025-01-24
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  4. 2025-01-24
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  5. 2025-01-24
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  6. 2025-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-24
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-01-21
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    CURRAN, Brian Francis appointed
    director
  9. 2025-01-21
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    PILCHER, Pauline Mary resigned
    director
  10. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-09-01
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-08-29
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    PILCHER, Pauline Mary appointed
    director
  13. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2023-07-28
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    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-10-06
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  18. 2021-10-06
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  19. 2021-10-06
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  20. 2021-10-06
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  21. 2021-09-30
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    CURRAN, Kieran Francis appointed
    director
  22. 2021-09-30
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    PILCHER, Pauline Mary resigned
    director
  23. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2016-06-01
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    PILCHER, Pauline Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2013-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CAKVS LTD
  26. 2013-10-15
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    CURRAN, Sinead Marie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CURRAN, Kieran Francis (same surname) appointed 2021-09-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
Mr Brian Francis Curran
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting21/01/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kieran Francis Curranceased 21/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Miss Sinead Marie Curranceased 21/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Lower Hazelhurst Farm Withens Road
Wainstalls
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX2 7UA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CURRAN, Brian Francis→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRAN, Kieran Francis→
director · ~37y · appointed 2021-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRAN, Sinead Marie→
director · ~35y · appointed 2013-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PILCHER, Pauline Mary→
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-08-29 · resigned 2025-01-21
Resigned
PILCHER, Pauline Mary→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-01
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-21