1ST HARMONIC LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12470749 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-19
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-12➕BOWERS, Katharine appointeddirector
- 2024-12-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST HARMONIC LTD
- 2020-02-19➕BOWERS, Jonathan Peter appointedsecretary
- 2020-02-19➕BOWERS, Jonathan Peter appointeddirector
- 2020-02-19📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Jonathan Peter Bowers Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 19/02/2020 |
Mrs Katharine Bowers Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/11/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
20 Newland Park
Hull
East Riding Of Yorkshire
HU5 2DW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BOWERS, Jonathan Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-02-19
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BOWERS, Jonathan Peter→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-02-19
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BOWERS, Katharine→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-05-12
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-18