CABLE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05174041 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-08

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£30.83M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · oldest 19.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.2 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £30,833,472

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24m

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£31m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£41m

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£31.01M	£27.46M
Current assets	£40.73M	£36.84M
Cash	£23.51M	£19.49M
Debtors	£9.57M	£9.56M
Net assets	£30.83M	£27.26M

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

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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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-22
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CLARK, Graham appointed
director
2026-06-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-07
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officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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SMITH, Alan John resigned
director
2024-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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address · AD01
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-28
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accounts · AA
2012-03-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2010-10-01
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FIRTH, Ian Nicholas appointed
director
2010-10-01
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ROBINSON, Wayne appointed
director
2010-10-01
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STEADMAN-WALLEY, Lisa Dawn appointed
director
2010-10-01
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SMITH, Alan John appointed
director
2009-04-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2009-04-01
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HUGHES, Malcolm resigned
director
2009-04-01
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ROGERS, Brian resigned
director
2009-04-01
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SHIRES, Robert William resigned
director
2009-03-01
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BOSTOCK, Jason William appointed
director
2007-05-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-07-08
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Company incorporated
As CABLE SERVICES LIMITED
2004-07-08
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BOSTOCK, Jason William appointed
secretary
2004-07-08
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WILLIAMS, Jean Margaret appointed
director
2004-07-08
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-07-08
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-07-08
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HUGHES, Malcolm appointed
director
2004-07-08
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ROGERS, Brian appointed
director
2004-07-08
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SHIRES, Robert William appointed
director
2004-07-08
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-07-08
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Cable Services Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cable Services Holding Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CABLE SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 05174041

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cable Services Holding Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	08/07/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Bridge House Bridge Road

Wrexham Industrial Estate

Wrexham

LL13 9PS

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-20

Last: 2026-07-06