1ST CLASS SCAFFOLDING (ESSEX) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09814534 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees000

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-05-01
    LANCASHIRE, Connor Robert William appointed
    director
  8. 2024-10-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-10-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-10-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2015-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CLASS SCAFFOLDING (ESSEX) LIMITED
  20. 2015-10-08
    THOMPSON, Beviss Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Beviss Charles Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

264 High Street
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 1DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LANCASHIRE, Connor Robert William
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-05-01
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THOMPSON, Beviss Charles
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-08
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13