20-20 PUBLIC RELATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02695325 · ltd · incorporated 1992-03-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
98 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-08-15
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-15
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-08-15
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-08-15
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    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-30
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  11. 2021-11-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-11-23
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-11-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-11-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-08-15
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  17. 2020-06-25
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  18. 1997-06-30
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    ABBOTT, Daniel Julius resigned
    director
  19. 1993-02-01
    ➕
    BOYD, Belinda Caroline appointed
    director
  20. 1992-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 20-20 PUBLIC RELATIONS LIMITED
  21. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    BOYD, Belinda Caroline appointed
    secretary
  22. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    BOYD, Nicholas appointed
    director
  23. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Daniel Julius appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Belinda Boyd
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated1992-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Essex Place
Lambourn
Hungerford
RG17 8QF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOYD, Belinda Caroline→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-09
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Active
BOYD, Belinda Caroline→
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-02-01
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Active
BOYD, Nicholas→
director · ~75y · appointed 1992-03-09
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Active
ABBOTT, Daniel Julius→
director · ~92y · appointed 1992-03-09 · resigned 1997-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25