A CATLOW CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Executive summary
A Catlow Civil Engineering Limited represents a cautionary example of overtrading within the UK utility infrastructure subcontracting sector. Despite operating in a favourable market with strong demand for electricity and telecommunications project work, the company's aggressive debt-financed growth strategy – expanding total assets from £1.3M to £5.8M over five years while maintaining near-zero cash reserves – proved unsustainable. The current ratio of 0.97:1, gearing of 8.2:1, and cash position of just £7,983 against £4.1M current liabilities reflect a business that was fundamentally insolvent on a liquidity basis well before entering liquidation proceedings. The company's collapse underscores the critical importance of working capital management in capital-intensive civil engineering, where the combination of hire purchase commitments, extended contract payment terms, and rising interest rates can rapidly overwhelm thinly capitalised operators.
Shareholders' funds
£500,818
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-01-18
- Registered office
- Suite 500 Unit 2 94a Wycliffe Road, Northampton, NN1 5JF
- Postcode
- NN1 5JF
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2023-03-31
- Next due by
- 2024-12-28 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 28 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2024-01-18
- Next due by
- 2025-02-01 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 42220 Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- acatlow.co.uk
- Phone
- 01709580046
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HESSIE LIMITED | 2001-01-26 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| AMBERLEY, DENABY LANE OLD DENABY, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DN12 4JX | 2015-12-15 |
| 39/42 BRIDGE STREET, SWINTON, MEXBOROUGH, SOUTH YORKSHIRE S64 8AP | 2001-11-20 |
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,162 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
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