CASTLEHILL CARE HOME LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC601969 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: zombie → established
  • · Investment thesis: zombie_hold → unclassified
  • · Filings: 23 → 25
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 2 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Lifecycle stage: zombie → established
  • ·Investment thesis: zombie_hold → unclassified
  • ↑Filings: 23 → 25
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 120% YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k-£860-£620-£380-£140£100Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-1.1k£-500
Current assets£100£100
Cash£100£100
Net assets£-1.1k£-500

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-09
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Christopher appointed
    director
  4. 2024-11-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-07-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-02-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-09-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-10-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-03-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-07-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CASTLEHILL CARE HOME LIMITED
  19. 2018-07-09
    ➕
    SHARP, Gary Thomas Patrick appointed
    director
  20. 2018-07-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 Christopher O'Brien
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/08/2020
Mr Gary Thomas Patrick Sharp
Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

Stewart House Pochard Way
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3HB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'BRIEN, Christopher→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-07-09
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Active
SHARP, Gary Thomas Patrick→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-07-09
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08