1ST GAS ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06497484 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-08
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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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees300300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-11-30
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    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-11-29
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  10. 2021-11-26
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  11. 2021-02-18
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  12. 2019-11-30
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  13. 2018-11-30
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  14. 2017-11-29
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  15. 2016-11-27
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  16. 2008-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST GAS ENGINEERS LIMITED
  17. 2008-02-08
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    PURVEY, Pina appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-02-08
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    PURVEY, Jeffrey appointed
    director
  19. 2008-02-08
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    PURVEY, Pina appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeffrey Edward Purvey
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Pina Purvey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Poplar Court
Northampton
NN3 6SE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PURVEY, Pina→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08
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PURVEY, Jeffrey→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-08
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PURVEY, Pina→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-02-08
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Recent filings (43 total)

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2026-02-19
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accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26