1ST ELECTRICAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15461664 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-02
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-174
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £174

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
-£174
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£-174
Current assets£1.3k
Cash£1.3k
Net assets£-174

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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-20
    JOHNSON, Daniel David appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-20
    JOHNSON, Daniel David resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ELECTRICAL LTD
  8. 2024-02-02
    JOHNSON, Conna David appointed
    director
  9. 2024-02-02
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Conna David Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 04/2005 · age 21
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

55 Balsam Way
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE5 1DF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JOHNSON, Conna David
director · ~21y · appointed 2024-02-02
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Active
JOHNSON, Daniel David
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-20 · resigned 2024-04-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-02