CASTRA FINANCIAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12069054 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-25
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£41.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £41,190
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£28k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£41k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £63.4k | £53.5k |
| Current assets | £86.1k | £76.5k |
| Cash | £27.9k | £24.4k |
| Debtors | £58.2k | £52.0k |
| Net assets | £41.2k | £25.7k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-09-24➕EVANS, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2025-07-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-15📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-15📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-07-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-20📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-06-25🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTRA FINANCIAL LIMITED
- 2019-06-25➕HISCOX, Shaun Christopher appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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 Evans Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2025 |
Mr Shaun Christopher Hiscox Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/06/2019 |
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
Incorporated2019-06-25
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Registered office
Office 18 Springboard Centre Office 18 Springboard Centre
Llantarnam Industrial Park
Cwmbran
NP44 3AW
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-08
Last: 2026-06-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
EVANS, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HISCOX, Shaun Christopher→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2019-06-25
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-15
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-11
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15