1COLD LTD

🌳Matureactive
05516158 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-22
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.35M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,349,611
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£504k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£934k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£270k£540k£810k£1.1m£1.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.35M£1.34M
Current assets£934.4k£1.01M
Cash£503.6k£668.2k
Debtors£371.2k£269.1k
Net assets£1.35M£1.33M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-28
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-10
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2018-12-07
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    GUMERY, Simon John resigned
    director
  11. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-04-06
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    ROYSTON, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    GUMERY, Simon John appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-14
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    JONES, Adam Michael William resigned
    director
  20. 2006-10-01
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    JONES, Adam Michael William appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-05
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    COOK, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2005-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 1COLD LTD
  23. 2005-07-22
    ➕
    COOK, Tony David appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-07-22
    ➕
    COOK, Tony David appointed
    director
  25. 2005-07-22
    ➕
    WILSON, Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2005-07-22
    ➕
    COOK, Sarah Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tony David Cook
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 10, Centech Park, Fringe Meadow Road
Moons Moat North Industrial Estate
Redditch
B98 9NR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

COOK, Tony David→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Tony David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-07-22
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Active
ROYSTON, Mark Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Anthony→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Sarah Louise→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-07-22 · resigned 2006-04-05
Resigned
GUMERY, Simon John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2018-12-07
Resigned
JONES, Adam Michael William→
director · ~42y · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2008-10-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-22