A1 PERFECT PLUMBING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05555141 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-06

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£2.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,592

Net assets shrinking

Down £434 YoY

Cash YoY

+84%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

↑ 84% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£14k

↑ 74% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£3.4k	£5.0k
Current assets	£14.5k	£8.3k
Cash	£13.6k	£7.4k
Debtors	£936	£936
Net assets	£2.6k	£3.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-11
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2024-04-26
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2023-05-03
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2022-07-19
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accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2020-04-03
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accounts · AA
2019-05-13
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accounts · AA
2018-02-23
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accounts · AA
2017-02-15
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address · AD01
2016-12-16
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accounts · AA
2015-12-01
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2015-09-29
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2015-03-05
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2015-01-26
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accounts · AA
2014-09-09
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2005-09-06
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Company incorporated
As A1 PERFECT PLUMBING LIMITED
2005-09-06
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HAYES, Paula Louise appointed
secretary
2005-09-06
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BLACKWELL, Andrew appointed
director
2005-09-06
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HAYES, Neil Richard appointed
director
2005-09-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-09-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Blackwell Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Neil Richard Hayes Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-09-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

First Floor

28 Market Place

Grantham

NG31 6LR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HAYES, Paula Louise→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-06

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Active

BLACKWELL, Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-09-06

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Active

HAYES, Neil Richard→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-09-06

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2005-09-06

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2005-09-06

Resigned

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