A C PLANT GLAZING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04445332 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.17M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,174,994

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£444k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 9.3% YoY

Current Assets

£737k

↓ 7.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.26M	£1.17M
Current assets	£737.3k	£800.6k
Cash	£444.2k	£513.3k
Debtors	£293.1k	£287.3k
Net assets	£1.17M	£1.07M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-18
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-05-03
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-05-01
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-30
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-28
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CARTWRIGHT, Lee Allan appointed
director
2021-02-28
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ROBERTS, Natalie Jane appointed
director
2021-02-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-09-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-05-22
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Company incorporated
As A C PLANT GLAZING LIMITED
2002-05-22
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CARTWRIGHT, Linda appointed
secretary
2002-05-22
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CARTWRIGHT, Allan appointed
director
2002-05-22
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CARTWRIGHT, Glenn Philip appointed
director
2002-05-22
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CARTWRIGHT, Linda appointed
director
2002-05-22
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DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-05-22
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DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan Cartwright Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/05/2017
Mr Glenn Philip Cartwright Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/05/2017

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

Incorporated2002-05-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4 Coal Pit Lane

Atherton

Manchester

M46 0FY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22