1ST WORKWEAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09229759 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-22
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-105.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £105,380
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
-£105k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£107k-£79k-£52k-£24k£3k£31kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-96.0k£-95.4k
Current assets£31.0k£27.0k
Cash£2.9k£5.7k
Debtors£8.0k£1.3k
Net assets£-105.4k£-106.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST WORKWEAR LIMITED
  17. 2014-09-22
    ➕
    MARCHANT, Nerys Elaine appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-22
    ➕
    MARCHANT, Philip Edward Harry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Nerys Elaine Marchant
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Philip Edward Harry Marchant
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14120 — SIC 14120

Registered office

No1 Parkside Court
Greenhough Road
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7FE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARCHANT, Nerys Elaine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-09-22
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Active
MARCHANT, Philip Edward Harry→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-09-22
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-08