C P FIRE CONSULTANTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
05764933 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£21.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84250
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 20.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.1 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: 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £21,375
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£22k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £27.4k | £31.9k |
| Current assets | £37.0k | £36.3k |
| Cash | £22.5k | £17.0k |
| Debtors | £14.5k | £19.3k |
| Net assets | £21.4k | £18.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2006-10-18➕BRIERCLIFFE, Hannah Paula appointeddirector
- 2006-06-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2006-05-09➖RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-05-09➖RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2006-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs C P FIRE CONSULTANTS LTD
- 2006-03-31➕BRIERCLIFFE, Hannah Paula appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-31➕POWNEY, Colin Peter appointeddirector
- 2006-03-31➕RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-31➕RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
76/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Peter Powney Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Hannah Paula Briercliffe Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250
Registered office
The Old Post Office
41-43 Market Place
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3HR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BRIERCLIFFE, Hannah Paula→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-03-31
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BRIERCLIFFE, Hannah Paula→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2006-10-18
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POWNEY, Colin Peter→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2006-03-31
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-05-09
RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-05-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC / Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/06/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (81 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03