CENTRAL CYLINDER TESTING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14427345 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£704.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.2y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £704,882

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£88k
Net Worth
£705k
Current Assets
£660k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£141k£282k£423k£564k£705kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£1.95M—
Current assets£660.0k—
Cash£88.2k—
Debtors£356.7k—
Net assets£704.9k—
Average employees—3400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-31
    ➖
    BRADSHAW, Neil David resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2023-08-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-08-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-08-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-08-02
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Ryan appointed
    director
  15. 2023-08-02
    ➕
    BRADSHAW, Neil David appointed
    director
  16. 2023-04-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2023-04-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2023-03-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2023-03-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2023-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ian Mitchell
  21. 2022-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL CYLINDER TESTING LIMITED
  22. 2022-10-18
    ➕
    DONOVAN, William Scott appointed
    director
  23. 2022-10-18
    ➕
    THOMSON, Kevin appointed
    director
  24. 2022-10-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Progases (Uk) Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Lothian Supply Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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CENTRAL CYLINDER TESTING LIMITED
This company · 14427345

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Progases (Uk) Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/09/2024
Lothian Supply Company Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/10/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Progases (Uk) Limitedceased 03/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Central Cylinder Testing
Central Lodge
Selby
Yorkshire
YO8 3RG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DONOVAN, William Scott→
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Ryan→
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-08-02
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Active
THOMSON, Kevin→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-10-18
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Active
BRADSHAW, Neil David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-08-02 · resigned 2025-05-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ian Mitchell
A registered charge—27/03/2023—
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-03