21ST. CENTURY CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03014122 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
105 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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  2. 2025-05-21
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  3. 2024-05-30
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  4. 2023-09-04
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  5. 2022-06-13
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  6. 2021-07-02
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  7. 2020-11-11
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  8. 2020-06-01
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  9. 2019-09-05
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  10. 2018-06-04
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  11. 2017-08-29
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  12. 2017-05-19
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  13. 2017-05-19
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  14. 2017-05-19
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  15. 2017-05-19
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  16. 2017-05-15
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    LOWE, Nicholas William appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-05-15
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    LOWE, Nicholas William appointed
    director
  18. 2017-05-15
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    ROBINSON, Glenn resigned
    secretary
  19. 2017-05-15
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    ROBINSON, Glenn resigned
    director
  20. 2014-01-09
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    JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead resigned
    secretary
  21. 2014-01-09
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    JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead resigned
    director
  22. 2014-01-06
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    SINGLETON, Russell Craig appointed
    director
  23. 2013-12-19
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    ROBINSON, Glenn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-12-19
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Glenn appointed
    director
  25. 2012-09-28
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    GRIMOND, Nicholas resigned
    director
  26. 2009-05-22
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    JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead appointed
    director
  27. 2009-04-14
    ➖
    FRODSHAM, Paul William resigned
    director
  28. 2005-12-31
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    FRODSHAM, Heather resigned
    secretary
  29. 2005-12-31
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    JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead appointed
    secretary
  30. 2005-08-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  31. 2004-12-18
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    GRIMOND, Nicholas appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-21
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    FRODSHAM, Heather appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-05-21
    ➖
    HODKINSON, Keith Steven resigned
    secretary
  34. 1999-10-28
    ➖
    LEE, Sarah resigned
    director
  35. 1996-10-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  36. 1995-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 21ST. CENTURY CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES LIMITED
  37. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    HODKINSON, Keith Steven appointed
    secretary
  38. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    FRODSHAM, Paul William appointed
    director
  39. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    LEE, Sarah appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Group structure

Journeo Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Journeo Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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21ST. CENTURY CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 03014122

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Journeo Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

12 Charter Point Way
Ashby-De-La-Zouch
LE65 1NF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

LOWE, Nicholas William→
secretary · appointed 2017-05-15
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Active
LOWE, Nicholas William→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-05-15
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Active
SINGLETON, Russell Craig→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-01-06
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Active
FRODSHAM, Heather→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-21 · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
HODKINSON, Keith Steven→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 2003-05-21
Resigned
JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-31 · resigned 2014-01-09
Resigned
ROBINSON, Glenn→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-19 · resigned 2017-05-15
Resigned
FRODSHAM, Paul William→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 2009-04-14
Resigned
GRIMOND, Nicholas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-18 · resigned 2012-09-28
Resigned
JENNINGS, Wilson Whitehead→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-05-22 · resigned 2014-01-09
Resigned
LEE, Sarah→
director · ~60y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1999-10-28
Resigned
ROBINSON, Glenn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-12-19 · resigned 2017-05-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/08/2005—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property18/10/1996—
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Recent filings (105 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
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2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31