8/5 ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06730363 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-22
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£67.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £67,491
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£201k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£67k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£202k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£81k£121k£162k£202kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£70.2k£70.9k
Current assets£202.2k£177.6k
Cash£200.7k£176.1k
Debtors£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£67.5k£64.2k

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

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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2022-06-21
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  5. 2021-04-15
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  6. 2020-10-23
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  7. 2020-10-20
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  8. 2019-09-12
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  9. 2018-08-29
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  10. 2017-05-30
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  11. 2016-09-27
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  12. 2015-10-29
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  13. 2015-05-12
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  14. 2014-10-27
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  15. 2014-08-04
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  16. 2008-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 8/5 ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  17. 2008-10-22
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    COCOZZA, Patricia Bridget appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-10-22
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    COCOZZA, Giuseppe appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-22
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    COCOZZA, Patricia Bridget appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 66. 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Giuseppe Cocozza
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

5 Marholm Road
Walton
Peterborough
Cambs
PE4 6AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COCOZZA, Patricia Bridget→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-22
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COCOZZA, Giuseppe→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-10-22
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COCOZZA, Patricia Bridget→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-10-22
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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capital · SH01
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-12