CAPITAL TOPCO LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11760169 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of production holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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 5.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (61/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
18 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.
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 (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2019-06-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CAPITAL TOPCO LIMITED
- 2019-01-10➕HUNT, Christopher Lee appointeddirector
- 2019-01-10➕HUNT, Gary John appointeddirector
- 2019-01-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 Christopher Lee Hunt Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/01/2019 |
Mr Gary John Hunt Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64202 — Activities of production holding companies
Registered office
C/O Capital Coated Steel Limited North Blackvein Ind. Estate
Wattsville
Newport
NP11 7PX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HUNT, Christopher Lee→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUNT, Gary John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-01-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/10/2020 | 06/12/2024 |
Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-11