R1 CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09288486 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-30
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 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
91 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
50
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees3200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-12-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Acre Lane Funding 1 LTD
  4. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2025-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2024-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-09-23
    SWANCOTT, Alexander Lee resigned
    director
  9. 2024-09-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-04-06
    SWANCOTT, Alexander Lee appointed
    director
  12. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2024-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2024-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2024-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2023-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2023-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2023-12-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2023-12-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2023-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  22. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-10-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  24. 2022-10-31
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  25. 2022-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2019-11-20
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh resigned
    secretary
  27. 2019-06-06
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh resigned
    director
  28. 2019-06-06
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Charles Oliver Thomas Pierce
  29. 2018-10-12
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  30. 2018-10-12
    SAMBROOK, David resigned
    secretary
  31. 2018-10-12
    SAMBROOK, David Paul resigned
    director
  32. 2018-10-01
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh appointed
    director
  33. 2016-12-09
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh resigned
    secretary
  34. 2016-12-09
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh resigned
    director
  35. 2016-12-09
    PIERCE, Richard Donald Foster resigned
    director
  36. 2016-12-01
    SAMBROOK, David appointed
    secretary
  37. 2016-12-01
    SAMBROOK, David Paul appointed
    director
  38. 2015-07-10
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  39. 2015-07-10
    JONES, David Frederick resigned
    secretary
  40. 2015-07-10
    AZAD, Harvinder Singh appointed
    director
  41. 2015-07-10
    EVANS, David Gareth resigned
    director
  42. 2015-07-10
    PIERCE, Richard Donald Foster appointed
    director
  43. 2014-11-24
    EVANS, David Gareth appointed
    director
  44. 2014-11-06
    GILSENAN, Stephen James resigned
    director
  45. 2014-11-04
    EVANS, Andrew David appointed
    director
  46. 2014-11-04
    TOMKINSON, Ben Mark Charles Daniel appointed
    director
  47. 2014-11-04
    JONES, David Frederick appointed
    secretary
  48. 2014-11-04
    GILSENAN, Stephen James appointed
    director
  49. 2014-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As R1 CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  50. 2014-10-30
    HEIMAN, Osker appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

R1 Construction Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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R1 Construction Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
R1 CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
This company · 09288486

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
R1 Construction Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/01/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Bendy Limitedceased 06/01/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Davark One Limitedceased 08/12/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Harlescott Business Park
Harlescott Lane
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 3FG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

EVANS, Andrew David
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-11-04
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Active
TOMKINSON, Ben Mark Charles Daniel
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AZAD, Harvinder Singh
secretary · appointed 2018-10-12 · resigned 2019-11-20
Resigned
AZAD, Harvinder Singh
secretary · appointed 2015-07-10 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned
JONES, David Frederick
secretary · appointed 2014-11-04 · resigned 2015-07-10
Resigned
SAMBROOK, David
secretary · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2018-10-12
Resigned
AZAD, Harvinder Singh
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2019-06-06
Resigned
AZAD, Harvinder Singh
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-07-10 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned
EVANS, David Gareth
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-11-24 · resigned 2015-07-10
Resigned
GILSENAN, Stephen James
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-11-04 · resigned 2014-11-06
Resigned
HEIMAN, Osker
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-10-30 · resigned 2014-10-30
Resigned
PIERCE, Richard Donald Foster
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-07-10 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned
SAMBROOK, David Paul
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2018-10-12
Resigned
SWANCOTT, Alexander Lee
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-04-06 · resigned 2024-09-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Acre Lane Funding 1
Acre Lane Funding 1 LTD
A registered charge1 property18/12/2025
satisfied
Charles Oliver Thomas Pierce / Richard Thomas Henry Pierce / Richard Donald Foster Pierce / Lesley Pierce
A registered charge1 property06/06/201907/12/2023
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Recent filings (91 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10