ICB HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04287524 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-14

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.

Why now

Window opening · medium confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 82 → 77

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

↓Hygiene score: 82 → 77

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 24.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

47 officers (5 active, 47 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

40 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

193 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2026-07-01
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TEMPLETON, Matthew appointed
director
2026-07-01
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth resigned
director
2026-07-01
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officers · AP01
2026-07-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-01
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JONES, David Richard appointed
director
2025-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
director
2023-12-20
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MCDONAGH, John resigned
director
2023-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-30
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officers · AP01
2023-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-15
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CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair resigned
director
2023-05-15
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MCDONAGH, John appointed
director
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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officers · AP04
2022-04-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-13
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RESOLIS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-04-13
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RAPLEY, Wendy Lisa resigned
secretary
2022-02-11
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-02-11
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-29
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officers · AP01
2022-01-21
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HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. appointed
director
2022-01-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-07
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FIELD, Christopher Richard resigned
director
2021-01-27
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TEMPLETON, Matthew resigned
director
2020-07-15
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CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair appointed
director
2019-11-26
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GORDON, John Stephen appointed
director
2019-11-26
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HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David resigned
director
2019-11-26
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LEVERD, Clement David Baptiste resigned
director
2019-04-16
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RAPLEY, Wendy Lisa appointed
secretary
2019-04-16
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FIELD, Christopher Richard appointed
director
2019-03-31
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MALLION, Stephen John resigned
director
2019-03-01
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CHRISTIE, Rory William resigned
director
2019-03-01
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TEMPLETON, Matthew appointed
director
2018-05-18
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KEEN, Richard resigned
secretary
2017-04-21
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QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan resigned
director
2016-04-20
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LEVERD, Clement David Baptiste appointed
director
2015-11-01
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CHRISTIE, Rory William appointed
director
2015-10-30
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HARRIS, John David resigned
director
2014-10-27
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KEEN, Richard appointed
secretary
2014-10-27
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SMERDON, Leigh resigned
secretary
2014-05-07
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HARRIS, John David appointed
director
2014-05-01
➖
FIELD, Christopher Richard resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 111 events

Owner dependency

48/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

Ashover Project Investments Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Ashover Project Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control

majority

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ICB HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 04287524

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ashover Project Investments Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	26/11/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Infrastructure Investments General Partner Limitedceased 26/11/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Park Row

Leeds

LS1 5AB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-17

Last: 2025-09-03