CAHILL STEEL FABRICATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09027411 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-07
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 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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 5.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees—100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
14
filings
  • • 8 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
14
filings
  • • 8 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2026-05-14
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  3. 2026-05-14
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  4. 2026-05-14
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  5. 2026-04-29
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  6. 2026-04-29
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  7. 2026-04-29
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  8. 2026-04-28
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  9. 2026-04-28
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  10. 2026-04-28
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  11. 2026-04-28
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  12. 2026-04-28
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  13. 2026-04-28
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  14. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2025-03-26
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2025-01-16
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2024-03-26
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  18. 2023-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-10-03
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    address · AD01
  20. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-11-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  22. 2014-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CAHILL STEEL FABRICATIONS LTD
  23. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    CAHILL, David John appointed
    director
  24. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    CAHILL, Ian Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    CAHILL, Matthew David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAHILL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Cahill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest07/04/2016
Mr Ian Anthony Cahill
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest07/04/2016
Mr Matthew David Cahill
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 5 And 6 Middlemarsh
Sherborne
DT9 5QW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CAHILL, David John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-05-07
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Active
CAHILL, Ian Anthony→
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-05-07
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Active
CAHILL, Matthew David→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-05-07
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—21/11/2020—
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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20