COMPLETE GROUP LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.00M | — |
| Cash | £1 | — |
| Net assets | £2.00M | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-15🏢Company incorporatedAs COMPLETE GROUP LIMITED
- 2009-06-15➕CARSLAW, Donald Thorburn appointeddirector
- 2009-06-15➕TRAINER, Peter appointednominee-secretary
- 2009-06-15➖TRAINER, Peter resignednominee-secretary
- 2009-06-15➕MCINTOSH, Susan appointeddirector
- 2009-06-15➖MCINTOSH, Susan resigneddirector
- 2009-06-15➕TRAINER, Peter appointeddirector
- 2009-06-15➖TRAINER, Peter resigneddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Donald Thorburn Carslaw Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70 | 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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8 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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