COOL DESIGNS HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08028854 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-12
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 2.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
44 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.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08➕BIRKETT, Darrel Lawrence appointeddirector
- 2025-04-08➖BIRKETT, Darrel resigneddirector
- 2025-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2023-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2012-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs COOL DESIGNS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2012-04-12➕BIRKETT, Jennifer appointeddirector
- 2012-04-12➕BIRKETT, Darrel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Darrel Lawrence Birkett Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/04/2025 |
Mrs Jennifer Birkett Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 11/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Darrel Birkettceased 08/04/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300
Registered office
East Gateshead Industrial Estate
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BIRKETT, Darrel Lawrence→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2025-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BIRKETT, Jennifer→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2012-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BIRKETT, Darrel→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2012-04-12 · resigned 2025-04-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 31/10/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-07