INKOST LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03231235 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-30
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 29.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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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 46660
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
128 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees500700

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-02-27
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  4. 2025-02-27
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2025-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-12-31
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    GRAYDON, Darren Martin resigned
    director
  9. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-09-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2023-09-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2023-09-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2021-11-06
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2020-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-08-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  22. 2019-07-01
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    ALLINSON, Lesley Angela appointed
    director
  23. 2019-05-01
    ➖
    PRESTON, Ian resigned
    director
  24. 2018-02-01
    ➖
    WELLS, Gordon Joseph resigned
    director
  25. 2017-01-17
    ➖
    BLACKABY, Anthony Alan resigned
    director
  26. 2016-10-19
    ➕
    GRAYDON, Darren Martin appointed
    director
  27. 2016-10-18
    ➕
    BLACKABY, Anthony Alan appointed
    director
  28. 2016-10-18
    ➕
    GRAYDON, Darren Martin appointed
    director
  29. 2016-10-18
    ➖
    GRAYDON, Darren Martin resigned
    director
  30. 2013-07-12
    ➕
    FULLS, Daryl Mark appointed
    director
  31. 2013-07-12
    ➖
    HARPER, Arthur Richard resigned
    secretary
  32. 2013-07-12
    ➖
    HARPER, Arthur Richard resigned
    director
  33. 2013-07-12
    ➕
    WELLS, Gordon Joseph appointed
    director
  34. 2008-07-07
    ➕
    HARPER, Arthur Richard appointed
    secretary
  35. 2008-07-07
    ➖
    HARPER, Lisa Margaret resigned
    secretary
  36. 2008-07-07
    ➕
    PRESTON, Ian appointed
    director
  37. 2007-03-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  38. 2007-02-20
    ➕
    HARPER, Lisa Margaret appointed
    secretary
  39. 2007-02-20
    ➖
    WHITEMORE, Judith Vyvyan resigned
    secretary
  40. 2007-02-20
    ➖
    FROUD, Graham Frank resigned
    director
  41. 2007-02-20
    ➕
    HARPER, Arthur Richard appointed
    director
  42. 2007-02-20
    ➖
    WHITEMORE, Ricky David John resigned
    director
  43. 1997-02-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  44. 1996-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INKOST LTD.
  45. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    WHITEMORE, Judith Vyvyan appointed
    secretary
  46. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  47. 1996-07-30
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    FROUD, Graham Frank appointed
    director
  49. 1996-07-30
    ➕
    WHITEMORE, Ricky David John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daryl Mark Fulls
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Fullswells Limitedceased 01/11/2020· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Ian Prestonceased 01/05/2019· board control
  • Mr Gordon Joseph Wellsceased 01/02/2018· significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46660 — SIC 46660

Registered office

Unit 7 Signal Buildings, Brunel
Road, Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4FD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

ALLINSON, Lesley Angela→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FULLS, Daryl Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Arthur Richard→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-07 · resigned 2013-07-12
Resigned
HARPER, Lisa Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2008-07-07
Resigned
WHITEMORE, Judith Vyvyan→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 2007-02-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 1996-07-30
Resigned
BLACKABY, Anthony Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-10-18 · resigned 2017-01-17
Resigned
FROUD, Graham Frank→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 2007-02-20
Resigned
GRAYDON, Darren Martin→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-10-19 · resigned 2023-12-31
Resigned
GRAYDON, Darren Martin→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-10-18 · resigned 2016-10-18
Resigned
HARPER, Arthur Richard→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2013-07-12
Resigned
PRESTON, Ian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-07-07 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
WELLS, Gordon Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-07-12 · resigned 2018-02-01
Resigned
WHITEMORE, Ricky David John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 2007-02-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property17/02/199706/03/2007

Recent filings (128 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-28
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-02-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19