1ST. INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01832701 · ltd · incorporated 1984-07-13
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.44M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
2 live charges · oldest 20.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,441,047
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£627k
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£960k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.99M | £1.64M |
| Current assets | £960.4k | £1.00M |
| Cash | £626.6k | £792.5k |
| Debtors | £327.8k | £200.7k |
| Net assets | £1.44M | £1.32M |
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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See pricing →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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-08-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-08-25📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2017-08-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-08-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-02➕HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella appointeddirector
- 2014-03-01➕HISCOCK, Benjamin Paul appointedsecretary
- 2014-03-01➕HISCOCK, Benjamin Paul appointeddirector
- 2014-03-01➕HISCOCK, Christian David appointeddirector
- 2014-03-01➖HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella resignedsecretary
- 2014-03-01➖HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella resigneddirector
- 2005-11-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2005-07-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-07-25➖ROBINSON, Stephen resigneddirector
- 1984-07-13🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST. INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David George Hiscock Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit D Vicarage Lane
Hoo
Rochester
Kent
ME3 9LB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
HISCOCK, Benjamin Paul→
Activesecretary · appointed 2014-03-01
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HISCOCK, Benjamin Paul→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-03-01
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HISCOCK, Christian David→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2014-03-01
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Active
HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2014-03-02
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HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2014-03-01
HISCOCK, Elaine Fenella→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2014-03-01
ROBINSON, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · resigned 1997-07-25
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/11/2005 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 12/07/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (119 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16