AGAINST BREAST CANCER (TRADING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03478706 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  4. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  5. 2021-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-04-30
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    JONES, Bernadette Maria appointed
    director
  9. 2021-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-21
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  14. 2016-08-10
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  15. 2015-12-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-07-13
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    EDLINGTON, Stephanie resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-07-13
    ➖
    BYARD, Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2009-07-13
    ➖
    EDLINGTON, Stephanie resigned
    director
  20. 2009-06-08
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    SUSSMAN, Norman Frederick resigned
    director
  21. 2007-12-14
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    LEATHEM, Patricia Carol appointed
    director
  22. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    EDLINGTON, Stephanie appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-12-14
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    SHEPHARD, David Ian resigned
    secretary
  24. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    BYARD, Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    EDLINGTON, Stephanie appointed
    director
  26. 1998-04-01
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    LEATHEM, Anthony John Cullen, Doctor appointed
    director
  27. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    SHEPHARD, David Ian appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    SUSSMAN, Norman Frederick appointed
    director
  29. 1997-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AGAINST BREAST CANCER (TRADING) LIMITED
  30. 1997-12-10
    ➕
    MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1997-12-10
    ➖
    MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1997-12-10
    ➕
    ADEY, Jane appointed
    director
  33. 1997-12-10
    ➖
    ADEY, Jane resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Leathem House 13 Napier Court
Barton Lane
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3YT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

JONES, Bernadette Maria→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEATHEM, Anthony John Cullen, Doctor→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEATHEM, Patricia Carol→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDLINGTON, Stephanie→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2009-07-13
Resigned
SHEPHARD, David Ian→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2007-12-14
Resigned
MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-12-10 · resigned 1997-12-10
Resigned
ADEY, Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-12-10 · resigned 1997-12-10
Resigned
BYARD, Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2009-07-13
Resigned
EDLINGTON, Stephanie→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2009-07-13
Resigned
SUSSMAN, Norman Frederick→
director · ~101y · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2009-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-06