STRIDING EDGE LTD

🌳Matureactive
02846900 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-23
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£74.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
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
87 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,909
Net assets shrinking
Down £216 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£75k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£73k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£75kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£74.9k£75.1k
Current assets£72.7k£72.2k
Net assets£74.9k£75.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-09-23
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  3. 2023-10-13
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  4. 2023-09-29
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  5. 2022-12-19
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  6. 2022-09-26
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  7. 2021-11-30
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  8. 2021-09-21
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  9. 2020-12-16
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  10. 2019-09-26
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  11. 2018-09-28
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  12. 2017-09-27
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  13. 2016-09-29
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  14. 2015-09-25
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  15. 2015-09-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-09
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    ROBSON, Annette Lynda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-04-09
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    ROBSON, Annette Lynda appointed
    director
  18. 2005-04-09
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    PEGG, David Henry resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-09
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    PEGG, David Henry resigned
    director
  20. 2000-08-20
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    ELSE, Richard James resigned
    director
  21. 1993-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As STRIDING EDGE LTD
  22. 1993-08-23
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    ROBSON, Eric Bell appointed
    director
  23. 1993-08-23
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    PEGG, David Henry appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-08-23
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    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-08-23
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    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-08-23
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    ELSE, Richard James appointed
    director
  27. 1993-08-23
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    PEGG, David Henry appointed
    director
  28. 1993-08-23
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    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-08-23
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    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eric Robson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Crag House Farm
Wasdale
Cumbria
CA19 1UT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ROBSON, Annette Lynda→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-09
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Active
ROBSON, Annette Lynda→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-04-09
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Active
ROBSON, Eric Bell→
director · ~80y · appointed 1993-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEGG, David Henry→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-23 · resigned 2005-04-09
Resigned
NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-08-23 · resigned 1993-08-23
Resigned
ELSE, Richard James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-08-23 · resigned 2000-08-20
Resigned
PEGG, David Henry→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-08-23 · resigned 2005-04-09
Resigned
NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-08-23 · resigned 1993-08-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16