CARTER LAUREN CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11301455 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.64M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 6.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,637,515
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£36k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£6.6m
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.64M | £6.09M |
| Current assets | £2.05M | £2.11M |
| Cash | £35.7k | £45.7k |
| Debtors | £2.01M | £2.06M |
| Net assets | £6.64M | £6.09M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-05-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-05-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-05-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-05-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-05-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-05-01➕JENKINS, Kevin Anthony appointeddirector
- 2018-04-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CARTER LAUREN CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 2018-04-10➕CARTER, Neil Andrew 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Andrew Carter Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/04/2018 |
Mr Neil Andrew Carter Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 10/04/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kevin Anthony Jenkinsceased 24/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
East Moors House
Nettlefold Road
Cardiff
CF24 5JQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CARTER, Neil Andrew→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2018-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JENKINS, Kevin Anthony→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2018-05-01
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 | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-12-31