FIRST IMAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03226213 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-17
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£-77.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
85 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £77,412

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£77k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£-76.4k
Current assets£9.3k
Net assets£-77.4k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-09-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  11. 2018-09-17
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2018-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-09-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2016-08-01
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    CHATWANI, Auvni Sunil appointed
    director
  18. 2005-07-01
    ➖
    CHATWANI, Sunil resigned
    secretary
  19. 1996-08-01
    ➕
    CHATWANI, Auvni Sunil appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    CHATWANI, Sunil appointed
    director
  21. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    CHATWANI, Sunil appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As FIRST IMAGES LIMITED
  23. 1996-07-17
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-07-17
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-07-17
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1996-07-17
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sunil Chatwani
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Auvni Sunil Chatwani
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Harborough House No.1 London Road
Oadby
Leicester
LE2 5DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CHATWANI, Auvni Sunil→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATWANI, Auvni Sunil→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-08-01
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Active
CHATWANI, Sunil→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATWANI, Sunil→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 2005-07-01
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-17 · resigned 1996-07-17
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-17 · resigned 1996-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-31