CASTLE MASONRY PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC225802 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees1818002000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2018-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-14
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    capital · SH06
  15. 2016-07-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2014-04-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2011-03-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: East of Scotland Investment Fund Limited
  18. 2009-01-15
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    NICOLSON, Graeme Russell resigned
    director
  19. 2002-11-01
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    NICOLSON, Graeme Russell appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2002-07-30
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    FERGIE, Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Dale Mcleod appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-07-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Dale Mcleod appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-30
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-30
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE MASONRY PRODUCTS LIMITED
  27. 2001-11-28
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dale Mcleod Aitken
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Douglas Fergie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Uphall Depot, Uphall
Broxburn
West Lothian
EH52 5NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AITKEN, Dale Mcleod→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-29
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Active
AITKEN, Dale Mcleod→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGIE, Douglas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned
NICOLSON, Graeme Russell→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2009-01-15
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
East of Scotland Investment Fund
East of Scotland Investment Fund Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property10/03/201129/04/2014
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property17/09/200205/04/2018

Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09