A1 CEILINGS AND PARTITIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07040105 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£109.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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 £109,692
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£183k
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£110k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£220k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£220kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£120.7k£110.2k£132.0k
Current assets£219.6k£195.2k£207.1k
Cash£182.6k£129.5k£146.3k
Debtors£32.5k£55.7k£50.8k
Net assets£109.7k£92.7k£107.4k

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

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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-06-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2019-10-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 CEILINGS AND PARTITIONS LTD
  18. 2009-10-14
    ➕
    CORTEEN, Nigel Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-14
    ➕
    CORTEEN, Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

G02 Terriers House
Amersham Road
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP13 5AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CORTEEN, Nigel Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-10-14
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Active
CORTEEN, Philip→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-10-14
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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21