FASTNET HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01489544 · ltd · incorporated 1980-04-08

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 44.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 44.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

22 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

174 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 other
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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2026-01-09
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2026-01-09
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2025-12-18
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2025-12-18
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2025-12-18
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2025-01-10
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2024-12-16
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2024-12-16
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other · AGREEMENT2
2024-12-16
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other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-25
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officers · AP01
2024-10-21
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BURTON, Daniel Robert appointed
director
2024-02-13
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-02-09
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officers · TM01
2024-02-06
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accounts · AA
2024-02-06
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2024-01-18
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RENSHAW, Matthew Edward resigned
director
2023-12-12
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-12-12
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-04-27
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MARR, Alexander George appointed
director
2023-04-27
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JOHNSON, Roger Eric resigned
director
2023-04-27
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officers · AP01
2023-04-27
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officers · TM01
2023-04-12
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officers · CH01
2023-04-12
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officers · CH01
2023-04-11
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officers · CH01
2022-10-01
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MANTERFIELD, Scott Michael appointed
director
2022-09-30
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HERD, Joy Susan resigned
director
2022-09-30
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WEIGHTMAN, Andrew Keith resigned
director
2022-08-18
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RENSHAW, Matthew Edward appointed
director
2020-08-01
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FARRAR, Paul Morgan appointed
director
2020-07-31
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REGAN, Andrew William resigned
director
2015-09-30
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DOSWELL, Peter resigned
director
2014-11-26
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FARRAR, Paul Morgan appointed
secretary
2014-11-26
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BURT, Christopher Brian resigned
secretary
2011-11-30
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BIRCH, Paul resigned
director
2010-01-04
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MARR, Christian Leslie appointed
director
2010-01-04
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BURT, Christopher Brian appointed
secretary
2010-01-04
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REGAN, Andrew William resigned
secretary
2008-04-01
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HERD, Joy Susan appointed
director
2007-06-30
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MARR, Sebastian Andrew resigned
director
2004-10-01
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MARR, Andrew Leslie appointed
director
2004-10-01
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HASSALL, Norman resigned
secretary
2004-10-01
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REGAN, Andrew William appointed
secretary
2004-10-01
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HASSALL, Norman resigned
director
2004-10-01
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JOHNSON, Roger Eric appointed
director
2004-10-01
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MARR, Sebastian Andrew appointed
director
2004-10-01
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REGAN, Andrew William appointed
director
2004-10-01
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WEIGHTMAN, Andrew Keith appointed
director
2004-03-29
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VERNON, Anthony John resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Andrew Marr International Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Andrew Marr International Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FASTNET HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 01489544

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Marr International Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1980-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Livingstone Road

Hessle

Hull

East Yorkshire

HU13 0EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01