01680259 LIMITED

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01680259 · ltd · incorporated 1982-11-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 9305
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2019-02-20
    📄
    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 2019-02-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2006-05-06
    SOKEL, Jeremy Nigel resigned
    director
  4. 2005-09-20
    BRUCE, Stephen resigned
    director
  5. 2005-09-20
    FLOOD, Timothy Joseph Christopher resigned
    director
  6. 2005-09-16
    DUTTON, Simon resigned
    secretary
  7. 2002-08-06
    SZOKALO, Krystof appointed
    director
  8. 2002-08-06
    DOUCE, Jean resigned
    secretary
  9. 2002-08-06
    DUTTON, Simon appointed
    secretary
  10. 2002-08-06
    BAKER, Patricia Dalgleish resigned
    director
  11. 2002-08-06
    BAKER, Richard resigned
    director
  12. 2002-08-06
    DOUCE, Jean resigned
    director
  13. 2002-08-06
    DOUCE, Norman Trevor resigned
    director
  14. 2002-08-06
    NORBURY, Raymond resigned
    director
  15. 2002-08-06
    SOKEL, Jeremy Nigel appointed
    director
  16. 2001-01-01
    HALL, Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2001-01-01
    LITTLE, Shaun appointed
    director
  18. 1995-01-01
    NORBURY, Raymond appointed
    director
  19. 1995-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
    historical · PRE95
  20. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  21. 1983-04-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  22. 1982-11-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 01680259 LIMITED
  23. 1982-11-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2005-04-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2016-09-24

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC9305 — SIC 9305

Registered office

Randles Road
Knowsley Business Park
Merseyside
L34 9HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2005-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2002-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2016-09-24OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

HALL, Alan
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
LITTLE, Shaun
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
SZOKALO, Krystof
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-08-06
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Active
DOUCE, Jean
secretary · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
DUTTON, Simon
secretary · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2005-09-16
Resigned
BAKER, Patricia Dalgleish
director · ~78y · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
BAKER, Richard
director · ~76y · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
BRUCE, Stephen
director · ~70y · resigned 2005-09-20
Resigned
DOUCE, Jean
director · ~81y · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
DOUCE, Norman Trevor
director · ~81y · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
FLOOD, Timothy Joseph Christopher
director · ~65y · resigned 2005-09-20
Resigned
NORBURY, Raymond
director · ~81y · appointed 1995-01-01 · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
SOKEL, Jeremy Nigel
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2006-05-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2019-02-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2019-02-20
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
historical · PRE95
1995-01-01
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
1983-04-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
1982-11-22