1 CALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05317836 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees600800

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-09
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    JONES, Michael Gerard resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-10
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    JONES, Michael appointed
    director
  14. 2018-01-10
    ➖
    JONES, Michael Gerard resigned
    director
  15. 2018-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-01-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-01-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2005-01-06
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, John Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2005-01-06
    ➕
    JONES, Michael Gerard appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-01-06
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-01-06
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 CALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  25. 2004-12-21
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-12-21
    ➕
    JONES, Michael Gerard appointed
    director
  27. 2004-12-21
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Jones
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/01/2018
Mr John Paul Gallagher
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Gerard Jonesceased 10/01/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2004-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

28-30 Grange Road West
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
CH41 4DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GALLAGHER, John Paul→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Michael→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Michael Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2024-01-09
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2005-01-06
Resigned
JONES, Michael Gerard→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2018-01-10
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2005-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-15