1ST RESPONSE HEATING AND PLUMBING LTD

🌳Matureactive

05515785 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-21

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

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• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-08
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2020-05-08
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2019-07-03
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2018-05-24
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2016-05-27
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2015-08-24
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2015-06-05
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2014-07-04
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2007-06-19
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DAVENPORT, Nicola Jayne resigned
secretary
2007-06-18
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DAVENPORT, Nicola Jayne appointed
director
2005-07-21
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Company incorporated
As 1ST RESPONSE HEATING AND PLUMBING LTD
2005-07-21
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DAVENPORT, Jamie Anthony appointed
director
2005-07-21
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DAVENPORT, Nicola Jayne appointed
secretary
2005-07-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
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2005-07-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nicola Jayne Davenport Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/07/2016

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

Incorporated2005-07-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

18 Forfield Drive

Beggarwood

Basingstoke

Hants

RG22 4FS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-18

Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAVENPORT, Jamie Anthony→

director · ~53y · appointed 2005-07-21

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Active

DAVENPORT, Nicola Jayne→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-06-18

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Active

DAVENPORT, Nicola Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-21 · resigned 2007-06-19

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-21 · resigned 2005-07-21

Resigned

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