1HQ LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02781951 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.0y

40/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

28 officers (5 active, 28 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

161 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £266,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£-266.0k	£-6.0k
Average employees	3500	4200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2025-05-13
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accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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BERKSHIRE, James Grant appointed
director
2025-04-04
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SHEPPARD, Timothy Peter appointed
director
2025-04-04
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CUMISKEY, Donal resigned
director
2025-04-04
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officers · AP01
2025-04-04
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officers · TM01
2025-04-04
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officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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officers · CH01
2025-02-18
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officers · AP01
2025-02-17
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officers · TM01
2025-02-07
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TEMPLEMAN, Adam appointed
director
2025-02-07
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PITALE, Prasanna Nagnath resigned
director
2024-11-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-30
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incorporation · MA
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2024-06-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-22
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accounts · AA01
2024-05-22
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address · AD01
2024-05-22
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officers · TM02
2024-05-22
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officers · TM01
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2024-05-22
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officers · TM01
2024-05-22
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officers · AP04
2024-05-22
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2024-05-01
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JTC (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-05-01
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JOHNS, Susanne Gail appointed
director
2024-05-01
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CEUTA HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2024-05-01
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ARTUS, Mark Bernard resigned
director
2024-05-01
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CUMISKEY, Donal appointed
director
2024-05-01
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PITALE, Prasanna Nagnath appointed
director
2024-05-01
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SANDOM, John Russell resigned
director
2024-05-01
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SKINNER, Charles David resigned
director
2024-02-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-08
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YATES, Michael Brian resigned
director
2023-10-17
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HILLE, Craig Michael resigned
director
2023-05-03
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SKINNER, Charles David appointed
director
2023-03-20
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CEUTA HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2023-03-20
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CEUTA SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-03-14
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HESTER, Robert Edward resigned
director
2022-10-20
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YATES, Michael Brian appointed
director
2022-08-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-01-21
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BURROWS, Peter Andrew resigned
director
2018-07-19
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HESTER, Robert Edward appointed
director
2018-03-31
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SKINNER, Charles David resigned
director
2017-07-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-09-16
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BUTLER, Peter John resigned
director
2016-01-19
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CEUTA SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-11-25
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ORDONA, Sara resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ceuta Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ceuta Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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1HQ LIMITED

This company · 02781951

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ceuta Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-01-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

3 Forbury Place

23 Forbury Road

Reading

RG1 3JH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09