C N POOLE LIMITED

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04454969 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
108 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-06-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-06-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2019-11-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-11-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  18. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-05-16
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    ROSE, Simon appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-05-16
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    BRADLEY, Angela Norma resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As C N POOLE LIMITED
  22. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    POOLE, Christopher Nelson appointed
    director
  23. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Angela Norma appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-06-05
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    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2002-06-05
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    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2002-06-05
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    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POOLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Nelson Poole
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control30/09/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Temple Mews Holdings Limitedceased 30/09/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Christopher Nelson Pooleceased 31/10/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2002-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Temple Mews Stamford Courtyard
Enville
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY7 5EX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROSE, Simon→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOLE, Christopher Nelson→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Angela Norma→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2005-05-16
Resigned
OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2002-06-05
Resigned
OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2002-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-09