1ST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
12529295 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£48.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 1.4y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £48,437

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£48k
↑ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£537k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£167k£335k£502k£669k£836kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£599.7k£24.7k
Current assets£537.0k£836.5k
Net assets£48.4k£24.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-06-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2025-02-21
    🔒
    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
  7. 2025-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2025-02-14
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
  9. 2025-02-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2025-02-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2025-02-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
  12. 2025-02-06
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
  13. 2025-02-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2025-01-24
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2025-01-24
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
  16. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-06-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  19. 2022-10-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-08-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LTD
  22. 2020-03-23
    JAVED, Yaser, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2020-03-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

1st Capital Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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1st Capital Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
1ST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LTD
This company · 12529295

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
1st Capital Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2020

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

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9 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
Incorporated2020-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

5 Brooklands Place
Brooklands Road
Sale
Cheshire
M33 3SD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JAVED, Yaser, Dr
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-03-23
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Onesavings Bank
Onesavings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/02/2025
outstanding
Onesavings Bank
Onesavings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/02/2025
outstanding
Onesavings Bank
Onesavings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/02/2025
outstanding
Onesavings Bank
Onesavings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/02/2025
outstanding
Onesavings Bank
Onesavings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2025
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08