CASTLEPARK RETAIL LIMITED
Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (49/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2010-09-24📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2010-09-24🏁Company dissolved
- 2010-06-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2009-06-07📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2009-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-30📄legacyofficers · 288a
- 2008-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-12📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2008-02-01➕FITZSIMMONS, Joseph Henry appointeddirector
- 2007-06-12📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2007-01-10📄legacyofficers · 288a
- 2006-12-29📄legacyofficers · 288a
- 2006-05-18📄legacyofficers · 288b
- 2006-05-18📄legacyofficers · 288b
- 2006-05-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLEPARK RETAIL LIMITED
- 2006-05-15➕ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill appointedsecretary
- 2006-05-15➕FITZSIMMONS, Shaun appointeddirector
- 2006-05-15➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-05-15➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-05-15➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-05-15➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-05-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2010-09-24
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