CASSEL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12035355 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-05
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
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-26.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £26,579
Cash YoY
+146%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 146% YoY
Net Worth
-£27k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£283k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£27k£53k£133k£213k£293k£373kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-26.6k£-23.6k
Current assets£283.4k£372.5k
Cash£11.6k£4.7k
Debtors£271.8k£367.8k
Net assets£-26.6k£-23.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CASSEL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  14. 2019-06-05
    CASSEL, Jeremy James appointed
    director
  15. 2019-06-05
    CASSEL, Vivien Helen appointed
    director
  16. 2019-06-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +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 "CASSEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy James Cassel
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/06/2019
Mrs Vivien Helen Cassel
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Westow Croft Main Street
Westow
York
YO60 7NQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CASSEL, Jeremy James
director · ~76y · appointed 2019-06-05
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Active
CASSEL, Vivien Helen
director · ~75y · appointed 2019-06-05
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29