1ST GLASS WINDOWS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03347489 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£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

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-23
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    DALTON, Warren appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-23
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-08-23
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2005-06-03
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    DALTON, Adrian Lindsay resigned
    director
  19. 2000-03-22
    ➕
    DALTON, Adrian Lindsay appointed
    director
  20. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    DALTON, Jill appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    DALTON, Sean Murray appointed
    director
  22. 1997-04-09
    ➖
    DE WARRENNE WALLER & CO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1997-04-09
    ➖
    DW MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 1997-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST GLASS WINDOWS LIMITED
  25. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    DE WARRENNE WALLER & CO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    DW MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DALTON, Warren (same surname) appointed 2023-08-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Murray Dalton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

248 Godstone Road
Whyteleafe
CR3 0EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DALTON, Jill→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-09
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Active
DALTON, Sean Murray→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-04-09
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Active
DALTON, Warren→
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-23
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Active
DE WARRENNE WALLER & CO LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 1997-04-09
Resigned
DALTON, Adrian Lindsay→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-03-22 · resigned 2005-06-03
Resigned
DW MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 1997-04-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/05/2006—
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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-19