8AIN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02401117 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-05
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Computer facilities management activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,315
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,167 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 148% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.9k | £5.5k |
| Current assets | £10.8k | £10.4k |
| Cash | £3.0k | — |
| Debtors | £7.8k | — |
| Net assets | £-2.3k | £4.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-02-05➕SHERBURN, George Nakou appointeddirector
- 2020-02-05➖LEEK, Christopher Johannes resigneddirector
- 2020-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-02-05📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2020-02-05📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2020-02-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2001-10-01➕LANGFORD, Paul Farlane appointedsecretary
- 2001-10-01➖LEEK, Christopher Johannes resignedsecretary
- 1994-06-11➕LEEK, Christopher Johannes appointedsecretary
- 1994-06-11➕LEEK, Christopher Johannes appointeddirector
- 1994-04-19➖HERRING, Peter Alec Edgar resignedsecretary
- 1994-04-19➖HERRING, Peter Alec Edgar resigneddirector
- 1989-07-05🏢Company incorporatedAs 8AIN LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr George Nakou Sherburn Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/02/2020 |
Mr Paul Farlane Langford Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62030 — Computer facilities management activities
Registered office
156 West End Road
Southall
Middlesex
UB1 1JN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
LANGFORD, Paul Farlane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHERBURN, George Nakou→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2020-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HERRING, Peter Alec Edgar→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-04-19
LEEK, Christopher Johannes→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-06-11 · resigned 2001-10-01
HERRING, Peter Alec Edgar→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 1994-04-19
LEEK, Christopher Johannes→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 1994-06-11 · resigned 2020-02-05
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Recent filings (97 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-28