1- 2 CALL WORK SAFE LTD
🌳Matureactive
07382398 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-21
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-03➕LANGFORD, Martin appointeddirector
- 2025-12-03➖LANGFORD, Martin resigneddirector
- 2025-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-31➖GILBOY, Shaun resigneddirector
- 2010-09-21🏢Company incorporatedAs 1- 2 CALL WORK SAFE LTD
- 2010-09-21➕DOWNING, Raymond appointeddirector
- 2010-09-21➕GILBOY, Shaun appointeddirector
- 2010-09-21➕LANGFORD, Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 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 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Martin Langford Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 09/01/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Martin Langfordceased 08/01/2026· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
1 Empire Avenue
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 3AU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DOWNING, Raymond→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2010-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANGFORD, Martin→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2025-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILBOY, Shaun→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2011-10-31
LANGFORD, Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2025-12-03
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Recent filings (41 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21