120CARBON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13661229 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (71/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 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
60
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees400400

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-04
    CLARKE, Jonathan Francis resigned
    director
  3. 2024-09-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 120CARBON LTD
  8. 2021-10-05
    BIRCH, William John, Dr appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-05
    JONES, Roccio appointed
    director
  10. 2021-10-05
    TAYLOR, Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2021-10-05
    CLARKE, Jonathan Francis appointed
    director
  12. 2021-10-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20140 — SIC 20140

Registered office

Bidston House Astwith Close
Holmewood
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S42 5UR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BIRCH, William John, Dr
director · ~76y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
JONES, Roccio
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
TAYLOR, Andrew
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
CLARKE, Jonathan Francis
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-10-05 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-05