AHP HEATING & PLUMBING CO LTD

🌳Matureactive
07607706 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
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
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,878
Cash YoY
+36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 141% YoY
Current Assets
£101k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k£11k£33k£56k£79k£101kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£56.0k£68.8k
Current assets£101.3k£80.2k
Cash£16.9k£12.5k
Debtors£81.4k£64.7k
Net assets£4.9k£-11.9k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-01-07
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  3. 2024-01-19
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2022-06-21
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  6. 2022-06-21
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  7. 2021-11-01
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  8. 2021-02-05
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  9. 2020-01-22
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2018-01-19
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  12. 2017-01-18
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  13. 2016-05-12
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  14. 2016-01-14
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  15. 2015-04-20
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  16. 2015-03-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2012-12-14
    ➕
    CROUCHER, Claire Samantha appointed
    director
  18. 2012-12-14
    ➕
    CROUCHER, James appointed
    director
  19. 2012-12-14
    ➖
    DAVIES, Joseph Arthur resigned
    director
  20. 2012-12-14
    ➖
    DAVIES, Sylvia resigned
    director
  21. 2011-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AHP HEATING & PLUMBING CO LTD
  22. 2011-04-18
    ➕
    DAVIES, Joseph Arthur appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-18
    ➕
    DAVIES, Sylvia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +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 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Claire Samantha Croucher
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/04/2017
Mr James Croucher
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/04/2017

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
Incorporated2011-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

3 Newman Close
Greenfield Farm Trading Estate
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 4TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CROUCHER, Claire Samantha→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROUCHER, James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Joseph Arthur→
director · ~80y · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2012-12-14
Resigned
DAVIES, Sylvia→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2012-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/03/2015—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
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accounts · AA
2026-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20