COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

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NI605264 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£486.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £486,610
Net assets shrinking
Down £386,966 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£201k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£487k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£458k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£178k£357k£535k£713k£891kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£538.3k£873.6k
Current assets£458.1k£891.4k
Cash£201.1k£632.7k
Debtors£256.9k£258.7k
Net assets£486.6k£873.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-04-03
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  3. 2025-04-03
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  4. 2025-04-03
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  5. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  6. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-02
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  9. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-12
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-03-12
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-02-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2019-02-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-02-25
    ➕
    BAALHAM, David appointed
    director
  16. 2019-02-25
    ➖
    MCMANUS, Gerry resigned
    director
  17. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-02-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2012-04-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Philip Harper
  21. 2011-11-30
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    KANE, Stephen John resigned
    director
  22. 2011-11-29
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    KANE, Stephen John appointed
    director
  23. 2010-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    HARPER, Philip appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    HARPER, Philip Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    KEERY, David Samuel appointed
    director
  27. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    MCMANUS, Gerry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Ccts Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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Stormont Holdings (Ni) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
This company · NI605264

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ccts Eot Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting27/03/2024
Stormont Holdings (Ni) Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/02/2019
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Philip Richard Harperceased 27/03/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Stephen John Kaneceased 27/03/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Gerry Mcmanusceased 25/02/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-11-29
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Unit 4 Tamar Commercial Centre
25 Tamar Street
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT4 1HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HARPER, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAALHAM, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-02-25
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Active
HARPER, Philip Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-11-29
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Active
KEERY, David Samuel→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-11-29
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Active
KANE, Stephen John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-11-29 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
MCMANUS, Gerry→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-11-29 · resigned 2019-02-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Philip Harper
Legal charge3 properties03/04/201207/02/2014

Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30