1ST CALL GAS SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05286559 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-15
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 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 30 | 3000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-07-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-07-24📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-07-16📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21➖CLARKE, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2023-08-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-08-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09➖ANDREW, Lee Edgar resigneddirector
- 2022-05-09➖CARR, Michael David resigneddirector
- 2022-05-09➖HAMMONDS, Andrew Timothy resigneddirector
- 2022-05-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-20➕ANDREW, Lee Edgar appointeddirector
- 2021-12-20➕CARR, Michael David appointeddirector
- 2021-12-20➕CLARKE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2021-12-20➕HAMMONDS, Andrew Timothy appointeddirector
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC
- 2004-11-15🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST CALL GAS SERVICES LIMITED
- 2004-11-15➕STONES, Leon Matthew appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-15➕STONES, Leon Matthew appointeddirector
- 2004-11-15➕TURNER, David James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Pengestone Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Pengestone Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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1ST CALL GAS SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 05286559
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pengestone Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/12/2021 |
Mr David James Turner Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/11/2016 |
Mr Leon Matthew Stones Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
1st Floor 3 Westbrook Court
Sharrow Vale Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S11 8YZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
STONES, Leon Matthew→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STONES, Leon Matthew→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2004-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, David James→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2004-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDREW, Lee Edgar→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2022-05-09
CARR, Michael David→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2022-05-09
CLARKE, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2023-08-21
HAMMONDS, Andrew Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2022-05-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Hitachi Capital (UK) Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/12/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (87 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-24
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-07-24
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10