CRITICAL INSTALLATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06381098 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-25
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£28.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35140
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
5 officers (2 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
55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,317

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£27k£41k£54k£68kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£25.3k£3.8k
Current assets£24.0k£67.8k
Net assets£28.3k£16.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-01-01
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    BALL, Susan Jane resigned
    secretary
  17. 2009-01-19
    ➕
    BROWNE, Anthony Stephen appointed
    director
  18. 2007-11-20
    ➕
    BALL, Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2007-11-20
    ➕
    BALL, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-09-26
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-09-26
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2007-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CRITICAL INSTALLATION SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2007-09-25
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-09-25
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Ball
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/09/2016
Mr Anthony Stephen Browne
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/09/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35140 — SIC 35140

Registered office

24 South Street
Ossett
WF5 8LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BALL, Alan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWNE, Anthony Stephen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALL, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-20 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-25 · resigned 2007-09-26
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-09-25 · resigned 2007-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-16