CAER CAPITAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13623467 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£519.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.9y

0/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £519,008
Very low cash
Cash position: £72
Net assets shrinking
Down £57,643 YoY
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£519k
↓ 10.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£231k£462k£693k£924k£1.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£519.0k£576.7k
Current assets£1.15M£1.12M
Cash£72£87
Debtors£1.15M£1.12M
Net assets£519.0k£576.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bellerive Finance Pcc Limited (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
  3. 2025-12-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-12-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bellerive Finance Pcc Limited (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
  5. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2025-05-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2024-10-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-09-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2023-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2023-09-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2023-09-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Big Finance Limited
  16. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CAER CAPITAL LIMITED
  19. 2021-09-15
    LLOYD, Benjamin Daniel appointed
    director
  20. 2021-09-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Daniel Lloyd
Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control15/09/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Kimberley House Ty Glas Avenue
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5DX
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LLOYD, Benjamin Daniel
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-09-15
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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bellerive Finance Pcc (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
Bellerive Finance Pcc Limited (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
A registered charge26/03/2026
outstanding
Bellerive Finance Pcc (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
Bellerive Finance Pcc Limited (In Respect of Protected Cell F102)
A registered charge1 property23/12/2025
satisfied
Big Finance
Big Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property14/09/202320/05/2025
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Recent filings (18 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15