COPPER BALL PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC579423 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-05
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-03-03
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-03-01
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    PEACOCK, Hannah Mercedes Zygadlo appointed
    director
  14. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-10-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2017-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As COPPER BALL PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2017-10-20
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    PEACOCK, Fraser George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Fraser George Peacock
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

51 Newall Terrace
Dumfries
DG1 1LN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PEACOCK, Fraser George→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-10-20
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Active
PEACOCK, Hannah Mercedes Zygadlo→
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-03-01
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19