CASTELL GWYN LTD
🌳Matureactive
09201637 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-03
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 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-21.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). 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 4.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,006
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£21k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-21.0k | £-14.2k |
| Net assets | £-21.0k | £-21.0k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-08-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dbw Investments (10) Limited
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTELL GWYN LTD
- 2014-09-03➕WHITTAKER, Jackie Lois appointedsecretary
- 2014-09-03➕MURPHY, Wilfred appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕WHITTAKER, Jackie Lois appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jackie Lois Whittaker Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2016 |
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
Incorporated2014-09-03
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512
Registered office
Glen Dene Church Street
Rhuddlan
Rhyl
Denbighshire
LL18 2YA
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
WHITTAKER, Jackie Lois→
Activesecretary · appointed 2014-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURPHY, Wilfred→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2014-09-03
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WHITTAKER, Jackie Lois→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2014-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Dbw Investments (10) Dbw Investments (10) Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 11/08/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-29