A & C HEATING AND PLUMBING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07439187 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£43.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
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 £43,054
Cash YoY
+190%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 190% YoY
Net Worth
£43k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£41k£61k£82k£102kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£70.3k£86.0k
Current assets£101.9k£88.2k
Cash£22.3k£7.7k
Debtors£79.6k£80.5k
Net assets£43.1k£42.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-06-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-12-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2020-12-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2020-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-16
    ➖
    MARCHIS, Carmen Mioara resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    ARDELEAN, Carmen Mioara appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & C HEATING AND PLUMBING LIMITED
  21. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    ARDELEAN, Aurel appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MARCHIS, Carmen Mioara appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-15
    ➖
    CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mrs Carmen Mioara Ardelean
Individual · Romanian · DOB 06/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/06/2024
Mr Aurel Ardelean
Individual · Romanian · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

45 Barmouth Avenue
Perivale
Greenford
UB6 8JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ARDELEAN, Aurel→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARDELEAN, Carmen Mioara→
director · ~37y · appointed 2011-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARCHIS, Carmen Mioara→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2017-08-16
Resigned
CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr.→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2010-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-14