CASTELANO LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14572501 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-05
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-13.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,182
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,184 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 659200% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 201400% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-13.2k | £2 |
| Current assets | £4.0k | £2 |
| Cash | £1.0k | — |
| Debtors | £3.0k | £2 |
| Net assets | £-13.2k | £2 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-18📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-18📄withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-registerofficers · EW02
- 2024-02-18📄elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-registerofficers · EH02
- 2023-01-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTELANO LTD
- 2023-01-05➕FRUSI, Marco appointeddirector
- 2023-01-05➕SIGNORELLI, Luca appointeddirector
- 2023-01-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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 Luca Signorelli Individual · Vietnamese · DOB 10/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/01/2023 |
Mr Marco Frusi Individual · Italian · DOB 01/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/01/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| BABY BROTH LTD→ 16159839 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| BLOOMSBURY BAKERY LTD.→ 06642613 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| CARICOM LIMITED→ 16027188 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| CASA BAKE LTD→ 16980017 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10850 — Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Registered office
1 Fisher Lane
Bingham
Nottingham
NG13 8BQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FRUSI, Marco→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2023-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIGNORELLI, Luca→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2023-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (14 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-21
withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register
officers · EW02
2024-02-18
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2024-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-05