G STRAUGHEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08903065 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-19

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

A small, owner-operated plumbing and heating business based in Berwick Upon Tweed, likely providing domestic and commercial installation, servicing, and repair of plumbing systems, boilers, and air-conditioning units across the local area.

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	8	700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2019-05-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-05-13
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capital · SH08
2019-05-13
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capital · SH10
2018-10-17
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accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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accounts · AA
2016-12-09
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accounts · AA
2014-02-19
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Company incorporated
As G STRAUGHEN LIMITED
2014-02-19
➕
STRAUGHEN, George appointed
secretary
2014-02-19
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STRAUGHEN, George appointed
director
2014-02-19
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STRAUGHEN, Mark appointed
director

Owner dependency

96/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STRAUGHEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Straughen Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr George Straughen Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-02-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

1/3 West Street

Norham

Berwick Upon Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 2LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STRAUGHEN, George→

secretary · appointed 2014-02-19

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Active

STRAUGHEN, George→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-02-19

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Active

STRAUGHEN, Mark→

director · ~52y · appointed 2014-02-19

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Active

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