1ST CALL GLAZING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04744201 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25
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 16.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.2 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: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-01
    ➖
    WORRALL, Dennis John resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-12-01
    ➕
    GROCUTT, Ben appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-03-31
    ➖
    WORRALL, Richard resigned
    director
  10. 2023-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-22
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  14. 2021-10-22
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  15. 2021-10-22
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  16. 2021-09-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2021-09-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2020-09-09
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-11-07
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  21. 2019-11-07
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  22. 2019-11-07
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  23. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    WORRALL, Dennis John appointed
    director
  24. 2018-01-25
    ➕
    GRANT, Samuel appointed
    director
  25. 2018-01-25
    ➖
    GIFFEN, Julie Margaret resigned
    secretary
  26. 2018-01-25
    ➖
    BROWN, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  27. 2018-01-25
    ➖
    CANTER, Anthony Charles resigned
    director
  28. 2018-01-25
    ➕
    WORRALL, Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2010-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 2003-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CALL GLAZING LIMITED
  31. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    GIFFEN, Julie Margaret appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-04-25
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    BROWN, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  35. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    CANTER, Anthony Charles appointed
    director
  36. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  37. 2003-04-25
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Grant
Individual · English · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/01/2018
Mr Dennis Worrall
Individual · English · DOB 08/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/01/2018
Mr Samuel Grant
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/01/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Patrick Joseph Brownceased 25/01/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Anthony Charles Canterceased 23/01/2018· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

18 Church Road
Boundarys Business Court
Mitcham
CR4 3TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

GRANT, Samuel→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROCUTT, Ben→
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIFFEN, Julie Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2018-01-25
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25
Resigned
BROWN, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2018-01-25
Resigned
CANTER, Anthony Charles→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2018-01-25
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25
Resigned
WORRALL, Dennis John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned
WORRALL, Richard→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-01-25 · resigned 2024-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Fixed & floating charge1 property29/01/2010—
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Recent filings (86 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2021-10-22
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2021-10-22