178 - 202 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00024028 · ltd · incorporated 1887-03-01
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£18.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
109 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.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,366

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£50
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£18kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£18.4k£18.4k
Current assets£50£50
Net assets£18.4k£18.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-07-01
    ➕
    SERVICE SOTO, Marco Douglas appointed
    director
  10. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2010-04-15
    ➖
    DOWLING, Joseph resigned
    secretary
  17. 2004-04-27
    ➖
    HEMMING, John Henry, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 2004-04-27
    ➖
    SERVICE, Louisa Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2001-11-28
    ➖
    BRAIDEN, Dianne Rhoda resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    DOWLING, Joseph appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-05-10
    ➕
    SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair Mcfee appointed
    director
  22. 1998-07-01
    ➕
    BRAIDEN, Dianne Rhoda appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-30
    ➖
    SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair resigned
    secretary
  24. 1994-03-07
    ➖
    LEWIS, Alan Richard resigned
    secretary
  25. 1994-03-07
    ➕
    SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-02-07
    ➕
    LEWIS, Alan Richard appointed
    secretary
  27. 1994-02-04
    ➖
    COX, Geoffrey John resigned
    secretary
  28. 1887-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 178 - 202 LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 139 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 Nicholas Alastair Mcfee Service
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1887-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

461 Galleon House 8 St. George Wharf
London
SW8 2LW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-14
Last: 2026-06-30

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair Mcfee→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SERVICE SOTO, Marco Douglas→
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRAIDEN, Dianne Rhoda→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 2001-11-28
Resigned
COX, Geoffrey John→
secretary · resigned 1994-02-04
Resigned
DOWLING, Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2010-04-15
Resigned
LEWIS, Alan Richard→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-07 · resigned 1994-03-07
Resigned
SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-07 · resigned 1998-06-30
Resigned
HEMMING, John Henry, Dr→
director · ~91y · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned
SERVICE, Louisa Anne→
director · ~95y · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-09