CARLIN UTILITIES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
13120191 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-07
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35230
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (85/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
3 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 | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 | 200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-15📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2021-01-07🏢Company incorporatedAs CARLIN UTILITIES LIMITED
- 2021-01-07➕DUCKWORTH, Colin, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2021-01-07➕DUCKWORTH, Frances appointeddirector
- 2021-01-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 Colin Duckworth Individual · British · DOB 01/1941 · age 85 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 13/04/2021 |
Mrs Frances Duckworth Individual · British · DOB 02/1943 · age 83 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/04/2021 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35230 — SIC 35230
Registered office
Brisa Lancaster Avenue
Clayton-Le-Woods
Nr. Leyland
Lancashire
PR25 5TD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DUCKWORTH, Colin, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2021-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUCKWORTH, Frances→
Activedirector · ~83y · appointed 2021-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (16 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-15
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26