CITY FIRE TRAINING LTD

🌳Matureactive
07006635 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84250
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -84% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £4,529
Net assets shrinking
Down £35,567 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 84% YoY
Cash YoY
-84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 84% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£38k£48kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£4.5k£40.1k
Current assets£10.9k£47.7k
Cash£6.3k£38.8k
Debtors£4.6k£9.0k
Net assets£4.5k£40.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-08
    ➕
    BARCLAY, Steven appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-08
    ➕
    DAVIS, Kieran Richard appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-08
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Philip Gregory resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-08
    ➖
    SECCOMBE, William resigned
    director
  8. 2024-04-08
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-04-08
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-04-08
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-04-08
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  13. 2024-04-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-06-30
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  15. 2022-06-24
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  16. 2021-05-28
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  17. 2020-06-12
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  18. 2019-04-15
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  19. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  20. 2009-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CITY FIRE TRAINING LTD
  21. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Philip Gregory appointed
    director
  22. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2009-09-02
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  24. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    SECCOMBE, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Steven Barclay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/04/2024
Mr Kieran Richard Davis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Seccombeceased 08/04/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

Armoury House Armoury Road
West Bergholt
Colchester
Essex
CO6 3JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BARCLAY, Steven→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Kieran Richard→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Philip Gregory→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-09-02 · resigned 2024-04-08
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-09-02 · resigned 2009-09-02
Resigned
SECCOMBE, William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-09-02 · resigned 2024-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30