PESCO LIMITED

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09980570 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-02-01
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£-35.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
29 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £35,188
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
-£35k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£35k-£27k-£19k-£11k-£3k£5kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£103.8k£114.3k
Current assets£5.5k£4.9k
Cash£1.7k£1.2k
Debtors£3.8k£3.7k
Net assets£-35.2k£-34.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-27
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-11-24
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    BRIGHTON, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  5. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-06
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-12-01
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    OVERTON, Charlotte Denise resigned
    director
  8. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-01
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-30
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-18
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    BRIGHTON, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  13. 2022-05-18
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    OVERTON, Charlotte Denise appointed
    director
  14. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2020-06-02
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  16. 2019-06-26
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  17. 2018-08-02
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  18. 2017-11-14
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-11-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Low Carbon Society Limited
  20. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-01-31
    ➕
    BROLLY, Sharon Julie appointed
    director
  22. 2017-01-31
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Tony resigned
    director
  23. 2016-02-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Low Carbon Society Limited
  24. 2016-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As PESCO LIMITED
  25. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    BRIGHTON, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Tony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2016-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

The Penwith Education Tust Heamoor Community Primary School
Bosvenna Way
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 3JZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BRIGHTON, Geoffrey→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROLLY, Sharon Julie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-01-31
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Active
BRIGHTON, Geoffrey→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2022-05-18
Resigned
OVERTON, Charlotte Denise→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-05-18 · resigned 2023-12-01
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Tony→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2017-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Low Carbon Society
The Low Carbon Society Limited
A registered charge1 property02/11/2017—
outstanding
The Low Carbon Society
The Low Carbon Society Limited
A registered charge—03/02/2016—
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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16