CENTRAL HEATING AND PLUMBING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £54.6k | £42.0k |
| Current assets | £65.6k | £34.8k |
| Net assets | £54.6k | £36.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-08-01➕WALLACE, Linda appointeddirector
- 2007-07-24➖DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-07-24➖DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CENTRAL HEATING AND PLUMBING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2007-07-19➕WALLACE, Linda appointedsecretary
- 2007-07-19➕WALLACE, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2007-07-19➕DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-07-19➕DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Wallace Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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