OBAN PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £28.1k | £22.2k |
| Current assets | £96.7k | £64.5k |
| Cash | £12.4k | £2.6k |
| Debtors | £31.8k | £9.4k |
| Net assets | £721 | £3.6k |
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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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2018-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-06➕DAVIDSON, Katy Louise appointeddirector
- 2017-04-06➕DAVIDSON, Stephen Gordon appointeddirector
- 2015-12-10🏢Company incorporatedAs OBAN PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED
- 2015-12-10➕HILL, Hayley Rachael appointeddirector
- 2015-12-10➕HILL, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
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