ALUMINIUM CASTHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11116906 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-19
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 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.3y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 | 300 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-12-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-12-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-04-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-06-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-04-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2019-01-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ALUMINIUM CASTHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- 2017-12-19➕COURTENAY, John Henry appointedsecretary
- 2017-12-19➕COURTENAY, John Henry appointeddirector
- 2017-12-19➕COURTENAY, Richard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
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 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 John Henry Courtenay Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/12/2017 |
Mr Richard Courtenay Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/12/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.M.M.E. LIMITED→ 01603560 · est 1981 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 44y | — | — |
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| ALLVENT LIMITED→ 01824140 · est 1984 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 41y | — | — |
| ALUCA UK LTD.→ 16552699 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Grosvenor House
St. Pauls Square
Birmingham
B3 1RB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
COURTENAY, John Henry→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-12-19
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COURTENAY, John Henry→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2017-12-19
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COURTENAY, Richard→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-12-19
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/12/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/04/2021 | 13/01/2026 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/04/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 10/04/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26