WORTH EVENTS LIMITED

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03326726 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£420.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
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
81 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £420,485
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£455k
↑ 10.0% YoY
Net Worth
£420k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£513k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£103k£205k£308k£410k£513kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£420.5k£350.0k
Current assets£513.0k£443.0k
Cash£454.9k£413.7k
Debtors£58.1k£29.2k
Net assets£420.5k£350.0k

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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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-22
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  10. 2016-10-12
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  12. 2015-07-15
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  13. 2015-03-30
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  16. 2013-12-31
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  17. 2007-07-03
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    COOK, Linda Carolyn resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-03
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    LEVER, Claire appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-04-05
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    MEYER, Janine Marjorie resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-03-31
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    COOK, Linda Carolyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-03-05
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    SWIFT, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 1997-03-05
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    MEYER, Janine Marjorie appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-03-05
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  24. 1997-03-05
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  25. 1997-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As WORTH EVENTS LIMITED
  26. 1997-03-03
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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  27. 1997-03-03
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Paul Swift
Individual · English · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1997-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82301 — Activities of exhibition and fair organisers

Registered office

28 Longfellow Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 4NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

SWIFT, Paul→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Linda Carolyn→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-31 · resigned 2007-07-03
Resigned
LEVER, Claire→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-03 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
MEYER, Janine Marjorie→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-05 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-03 · resigned 1997-03-05
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-03 · resigned 1997-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2025-05-22
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2025-03-10
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2024-04-24
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2024-03-03
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2023-10-04
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2023-03-20
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2022-08-10
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2022-03-09
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2021-08-26
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2021-03-08
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2020-09-02
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2020-03-18
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2019-09-26
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