21ST CENTURY TRADE WINDOWS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08800140 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
52 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 10 | 1100 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-25📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-09-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-03-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-30➕GAUGHAN, Edward appointeddirector
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-31➖GAUGHAN, Edward resigneddirector
- 2017-05-31➖GAUGHAN, Michael resigneddirector
- 2014-03-31➕SCHOFIELD, Paul appointeddirector
- 2013-12-03🏢Company incorporatedAs 21ST CENTURY TRADE WINDOWS LIMITED
- 2013-12-03➕GAUGHAN, Edward appointedsecretary
- 2013-12-03➕GAUGHAN, Edward appointeddirector
- 2013-12-03➕GAUGHAN, Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 12 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Schofield Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/05/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- 21st Century Window Centres Limitedceased 31/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Paul Schofieldceased 31/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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
Incorporated2013-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing
Registered office
Affordable Business Centre Beacon Road
Poulton Business Park
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 8JE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GAUGHAN, Edward→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2020-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCHOFIELD, Paul→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GAUGHAN, Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2013-12-03 · resigned 2017-05-31
GAUGHAN, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2013-12-03 · resigned 2017-05-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/09/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-24