20/20 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02238604 · ltd · incorporated 1988-03-31

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 37.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

26 officers (7 active, 26 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

185 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1500	1200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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officers · CH01
2025-06-25
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capital · SH06
2025-05-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-07
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incorporation · MA
2025-04-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-30
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officers · AP04
2025-04-30
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officers · TM02
2025-04-30
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officers · AP01
2025-04-30
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officers · AP01
2025-04-30
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officers · AP01
2025-04-30
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officers · AP01
2025-04-24
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-24
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-24
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capital · SH03
2025-04-24
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capital · SH03
2025-04-16
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COMPASS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2025-04-16
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DAVIES, Jonathan Mitchell appointed
director
2025-04-16
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KALIDAS, Rakesh Shantilal appointed
director
2025-04-16
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LEA, Jodi appointed
director
2025-04-16
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WITHERS, James appointed
director
2025-04-16
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THOMPSON, Jim resigned
secretary
2025-04-10
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accounts · AA
2025-02-10
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mortgage · MR04
2025-02-10
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Charge satisfied #3
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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capital · SH03
2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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accounts · AA01
2021-01-19
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GILMORE, Matthew John resigned
secretary
2021-01-19
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THOMPSON, Jim appointed
secretary
2021-01-19
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ESSEX, Robert Thomas Tickler resigned
director
2021-01-19
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HARRIS, Graeme Richard resigned
director
2021-01-15
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ARTIS, Michael James Edward resigned
director
2020-07-14
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-06-28
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WENCKHEIM, Mariann resigned
director
2019-05-17
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TOVEY, Lorraine resigned
director
2017-01-01
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HARRIS, Graeme Richard appointed
director
2016-12-31
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BRUFORD, Paul James resigned
secretary
2016-12-31
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GILMORE, Matthew John appointed
secretary
2016-12-31
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BRUFORD, Paul James resigned
director
2015-01-19
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ARTIS, Michael James Edward appointed
director
2014-12-12
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MOTT, Richard John resigned
director
2014-05-01
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TOVEY, Lorraine appointed
director
2014-02-05
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TURNER, Christopher Michael Godsell resigned
director
2013-04-12
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DOOLING, Bernard Joseph Patrick resigned
director
2012-08-02
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LEE, Jonathan Paul appointed
director
2012-04-02
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-04-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-08-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC

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Owner dependency

65/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

20 Studio Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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20 Studio Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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20/20 LIMITED

This company · 02238604

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
20 Studio Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	19/01/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Writtle Holdings Ltdceased 19/01/2021· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Parklands Court 24 Parklands Birmingham Great Park

Rubery

Birmingham

West Midlands

B45 9PZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01