C.C. ELECTRICAL LIMITED

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05042870 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£84.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £84,087
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£460k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£92k£184k£276k£368k£460kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£95.4k£85.8k
Current assets£460.5k£431.7k
Cash£14.1k£25.5k
Debtors£345.4k£299.2k
Net assets£84.1k£64.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2023-01-30
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  5. 2021-11-29
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  6. 2021-01-27
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  7. 2020-01-07
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  8. 2018-10-30
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  9. 2017-09-29
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  10. 2016-10-31
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  11. 2016-03-14
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  12. 2015-08-28
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  13. 2015-03-06
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  14. 2014-11-25
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  15. 2014-03-10
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  16. 2010-08-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
  17. 2006-02-09
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    CARTER, Leon appointed
    director
  18. 2006-02-09
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    COULTARD, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2006-02-09
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    CARTER, Cyril Joseph resigned
    director
  20. 2004-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As C.C. ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  21. 2004-02-12
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    COULTARD, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-02-12
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    COULTARD, Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2004-02-12
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    CARTER, Cyril Joseph 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Anthony Coultard
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Coultard
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Leon Carter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2004-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

52a Nutwell Lane
Armthorpe
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN3 3JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

COULTARD, Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-12
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Active
CARTER, Leon→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-09
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Active
COULTARD, Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-02-12
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Active
COULTARD, Paul Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-02-09
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Active
CARTER, Cyril Joseph→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2006-02-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Skipton Business Finance
Skipton Business Finance Limited
Fixed & floating charge1 property10/08/2010—
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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-03-17
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2026-01-26
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2025-02-12
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2025-01-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
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accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-13