CARTER BROTHERS HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13765606 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£107.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 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
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £107,667
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,626 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£108k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£555k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£112k£224k£335k£447k£559kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£107.7k£109.3k
Current assets£554.6k£558.8k
Debtors£4.2k
Net assets£107.7k£109.3k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARTER BROTHERS HOLDINGS LTD
  7. 2021-11-25
    CARTER, Adam Francis appointed
    director
  8. 2021-11-25
    CARTER, Dean Ernest appointed
    director
  9. 2021-11-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 "CARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 Adam Francis Carter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/11/2021
Mr Dean Ernest Carter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/11/2021

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
Incorporated2021-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies

Registered office

15 Market Street Standish
Wigan
England
WN6 0HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARTER, Adam Francis
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-11-25
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Active
CARTER, Dean Ernest
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-11-25
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-11-25