A SUGGITT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00724517 · ltd · incorporated 1962-05-21
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£119.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £119,402
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£66k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£119k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£90k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£48k£72k£96k£119kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£119.4k£107.3k
Current assets£89.7k£74.2k
Cash£66.0k£53.0k
Debtors£5.2k£1.8k
Net assets£119.4k£106.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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  3. 2023-11-08
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2021-11-10
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  6. 2020-09-17
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  7. 2019-07-17
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  8. 2019-02-04
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    address · AD01
  9. 2018-06-04
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-02
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  12. 2016-05-27
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  13. 2015-07-08
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-07-08
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    SUGGITT, Alan Peter appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-07-08
    ➕
    PARKER, Christine appointed
    director
  18. 2005-07-08
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    PARKER, Christine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-02-10
    ➕
    PARKER, Christine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-02-10
    ➖
    SUGGITT, Alan Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-02-10
    ➖
    SUGGITT, Joyce resigned
    director
  22. 2001-12-06
    ➕
    SUGGITT, Alan Peter appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-12-06
    ➖
    SUGGITT, Alan resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-12-06
    ➖
    SUGGITT, Alan resigned
    director
  25. 1962-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A SUGGITT LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SUGGITT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 64 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Peter Suggitt
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1962-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Waterfall Terrace
Great Ayton
Middlesbrough
TS9 6NF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SUGGITT, Alan Peter→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Christine→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUGGITT, Alan Peter→
director · ~71y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-10 · resigned 2005-07-08
Resigned
SUGGITT, Alan Peter→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-06 · resigned 2002-02-10
Resigned
SUGGITT, Alan→
secretary · resigned 2001-12-06
Resigned
SUGGITT, Alan→
director · ~104y · resigned 2001-12-06
Resigned
SUGGITT, Joyce→
director · ~101y · resigned 2002-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-22