A LITTLEJOHN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03099965 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-08

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£2.07M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (10 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,073,376

Net assets shrinking

Down £67,297 YoY

Cash YoY

-8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£971k

↓ 7.8% YoY

Net Worth

£2.1m

↓ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£2.5m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£2.14M	£2.21M
Current assets	£2.50M	£2.48M
Cash	£970.9k	£1.05M
Debtors	£437.5k	£405.7k
Net assets	£2.07M	£2.14M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-06-27
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BENNION, Grace Morgan appointed
director
2025-06-27
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GRIFFITHS-PRICE, Mia appointed
director
2025-06-27
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HARDY, Jessica Frances appointed
director
2025-06-27
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MCKAY, Heather Josie appointed
director
2025-06-27
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PERRY, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2024-06-06
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accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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accounts · AA
2022-09-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-16
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incorporation · MA
2022-06-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-01
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accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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capital · SH03
2021-12-09
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capital · SH06
2021-12-08
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-08
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-08
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capital · SH08
2021-12-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-06-06
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GRIFFITHS-BENNION, Catherine appointed
director
2019-06-06
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GRUNDY, Keith appointed
director
2018-02-23
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GADSBY, Amanda Jill resigned
secretary
2017-09-15
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EVANS, Amanda Louise appointed
director
2004-04-09
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HIRSCH BENNION, Stephen Victor resigned
director
1999-09-15
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BENNION, Carla Matilda resigned
secretary
1999-09-15
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GADSBY, Amanda Jill appointed
secretary
1997-02-21
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BENNION, David George appointed
director
1996-03-31
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ABRAHAM, Sarah Denise appointed
director
1996-03-31
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BENNION, Carla Matilda appointed
secretary
1996-03-31
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HIRSCH BENNION, Stephen Victor resigned
secretary
1996-03-31
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FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-03-31
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BENNION, Carla Matilda resigned
director
1996-03-31
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HIRSCH BENNION, Stephen Victor appointed
director
1996-03-31
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LITTLEJOHN, Alison Mary resigned
director
1996-03-31
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FNCS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1995-09-08
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Company incorporated
As A LITTLEJOHN LIMITED
1995-09-08
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HIRSCH BENNION, Stephen Victor appointed
secretary
1995-09-08
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FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-09-08
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BENNION, Carla Matilda appointed
director
1995-09-08
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LITTLEJOHN, Alison Mary appointed
director
1995-09-08
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FNCS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️

Enid Frances Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Bennion Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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A LITTLEJOHN LIMITED

This company · 03099965

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Enid Frances Holdings Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/11/2021
Bennion Holdings Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/11/2021
Mrs Sarah Denise Abraham Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr David George Bennion Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alexander Hugh Neville Gadsbyceased 09/02/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1995-09-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190

Registered office

11 Laura Place

Bath

BA2 4BL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08