1ST CHOICE SUPERSEAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02243341 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43910Roofing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees600500

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-04
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2021-09-17
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2021-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-07-28
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-07-23
    BAILEY, Nigel Norman resigned
    director
  14. 2021-05-10
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2021-05-10
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    capital · SH03
  16. 2021-02-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2021-02-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-10-28
    TUCKER, Paul Arthur resigned
    secretary
  21. 1988-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CHOICE SUPERSEAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Tucker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/07/2021
Mr Paul Arthur Tucker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Nigel Norman Baileyceased 23/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Paul Arthur Tuckerceased 18/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Nigel Norman Baileyceased 18/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1988-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

688 Aldridge Road
Great Barr
Birmingham
B44 8NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TUCKER, Paul Arthur
director · ~67y
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Active
TUCKER, Paul Arthur
secretary · resigned 2014-10-28
Resigned
BAILEY, Nigel Norman
director · ~87y · resigned 2021-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-10-04
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-28