1 IMPERIAL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11825372 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-13
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.7y 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: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
23 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-03-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  13. 2019-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-09-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2019-08-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2019-08-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Oticon Limited
  17. 2019-08-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  18. 2019-08-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2019-08-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2019-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1 IMPERIAL LIMITED
  21. 2019-02-13
    ROSSITER, Samuel Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2019-02-13
    WENDLAND, Simon Edward Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2019-02-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Stephen Rossiter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2019
Mr Simon Edward Charles Wendland
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2019

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
Incorporated2019-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

1 Imperial Square
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1QB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROSSITER, Samuel Stephen
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-02-13
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Active
WENDLAND, Simon Edward Charles
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-02-13
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/03/2020
outstanding
Oticon
Oticon Limited
A registered charge1 property28/08/2019
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/08/2019
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/08/2019
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25