CORE FIRE PROTECTION LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC507231 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£20.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
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 →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £20,907
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£122
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 223% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 8731% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £36.2k | £18.7k |
| Current assets | £53.2k | £602 |
| Cash | £122 | £100 |
| Debtors | £52.5k | — |
| Net assets | £20.9k | £6.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-02➕BLAIR, Gavin appointeddirector
- 2026-03-02➕KOC, Lyndsay appointeddirector
- 2025-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-04-01➕MACFARLANE, John appointeddirector
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-02-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-01🏢Company incorporatedAs CORE FIRE PROTECTION LTD
- 2015-06-01➕BONTHRONE, Ryan Millar appointedsecretary
- 2015-06-01➕BONTHRONE, Ryan Millar appointeddirector
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Millar Bonthrone Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 4 Woodville Park Industrial Estate
Woodville Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G51 2RL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
BONTHRONE, Ryan Millar→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-06-01
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BLAIR, Gavin→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2026-03-02
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BONTHRONE, Ryan Millar→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-06-01
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KOC, Lyndsay→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2026-03-02
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MACFARLANE, John→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-12