INSTALLATION CONTRACT ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03558195 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-06
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
86 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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees6600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2024-10-09
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  3. 2023-10-10
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  4. 2022-10-27
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  5. 2021-11-22
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  6. 2021-04-09
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  7. 2020-12-18
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  8. 2020-05-04
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  9. 2020-02-14
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  10. 2020-01-24
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  11. 2019-01-23
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  12. 2017-11-20
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  13. 2017-01-20
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  14. 2016-04-05
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  15. 2016-04-05
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    address · AD02
  16. 2014-03-14
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    KITCHEN, Helen Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-03-14
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    KITCHEN, Anthony Thomas resigned
    director
  18. 2007-04-06
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    RANDALL, Daniel appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-06
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    RANDALL, Darren Bryan appointed
    director
  20. 1998-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As INSTALLATION CONTRACT ENGINEERS LIMITED
  21. 1998-05-06
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    RANDALL, David Richard appointed
    director
  22. 1998-05-06
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    KITCHEN, Helen Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-05-06
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-05-06
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-05-06
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    KITCHEN, Anthony Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Richard Randall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

336 Bursledon Road
Sholing
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 8NF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RANDALL, Daniel→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANDALL, Darren Bryan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANDALL, David Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KITCHEN, Helen Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-06 · resigned 2014-03-14
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-06 · resigned 1998-05-06
Resigned
KITCHEN, Anthony Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-05-06 · resigned 2014-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

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2025-03-21
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2024-10-09
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2024-04-17
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2023-10-10
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2023-04-19
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2022-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
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accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06