CARLTON DIE CASTINGS LIMITED

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SC083494 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-14

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 42.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£704.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 42.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £704,490

Net assets shrinking

Down £55,243 YoY

Cash YoY

+5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↑ 4.8% YoY

Net Worth

£704k

↓ 7.3% YoY

Current Assets

£1.6m

↓ 5.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£943.7k	£1.15M
Current assets	£1.64M	£1.74M
Cash	£19.3k	£18.5k
Debtors	£1.25M	£1.43M
Net assets	£704.5k	£759.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-08-22
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mortgage · MR01
2025-08-04
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Close Brothers Limited
2025-07-29
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accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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officers · AP01
2025-06-01
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FORBES, Nicola Helen Cecilia appointed
director
2024-08-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-16
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officers · CH01
2018-07-16
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officers · CH01
2018-07-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-07-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2015-06-30
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WILSON, Gregory Andrew appointed
secretary
2015-06-30
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PURVIS, James Hamilton resigned
secretary
2004-08-27
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WILSON, Edgar John appointed
director
2004-08-27
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WILSON, Gregory Andrew appointed
director
2001-03-31
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PURVIS, James Hamilton appointed
secretary
2001-03-31
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STEELE, Gabriel resigned
secretary
1998-03-12
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WILSON, Sally Edgar appointed
director
1998-03-12
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ALLISON, James resigned
director
1992-09-09
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Charge satisfied #2
1986-01-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-10-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-06-14
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Company incorporated
As CARLTON DIE CASTINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Kenyart Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kenyart Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CARLTON DIE CASTINGS LIMITED

This company · SC083494

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kenyart Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Gilmour Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
Mrs Sally Edgar Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

88 Greenhill Road

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA3 1RD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26