A1 COMPLETE PLUMBING & HEATING LTD

🌳Matureactive
06272295 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-07
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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year to Dec 2025
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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
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-12-15
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    PEARCE, Michelle appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-12-15
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    PEARCE, Kevin John appointed
    director
  19. 2010-12-15
    ➕
    PEARCE, Michelle appointed
    director
  20. 2010-12-15
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2010-12-15
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    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  22. 2010-12-15
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2008-09-15
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    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 COMPLETE PLUMBING & HEATING LTD
  25. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-06-07
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Partnership House
84 Lodge Road
Southampton
SO14 6RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

PEARCE, Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Kevin John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Michelle→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2010-12-15
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-15 · resigned 2010-12-15
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2010-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-22