ELEMENTARY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03500100 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to May 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-09-09
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  4. 2022-09-14
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  5. 2022-01-10
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  6. 2021-02-01
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  7. 2020-02-20
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  8. 2019-02-18
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  9. 2018-03-08
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  10. 2017-03-07
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  11. 2017-03-01
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  12. 2016-03-02
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  13. 2016-02-02
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  14. 2015-03-03
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  15. 2014-05-06
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    HOTHI, Saranjit Singh appointed
    director
  16. 1998-03-12
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    COTEN, Sofina appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-03-12
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    COTEN, Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 1998-03-12
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  19. 1998-03-12
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    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  20. 1998-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ELEMENTARY LIMITED
  21. 1998-01-27
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-01-27
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    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Coten
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/05/2016
Mr Saranjit Singh Hothi
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
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
Incorporated1998-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

268 Bath Road
Slough
SL1 4DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COTEN, Sofina→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-12
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Active
COTEN, Joseph→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-03-12
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Active
HOTHI, Saranjit Singh→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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2026-01-06
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2025-06-25
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2025-03-12
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2024-08-19
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2024-03-12
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2024-01-29
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2023-09-09
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2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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2021-01-28
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2020-02-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31