CITIPOST MAIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03756000 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-21

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£121.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 18.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

138 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £121,819

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£122k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£122k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£121.8k	£121.8k
Current assets	£121.8k	£121.8k
Net assets	£121.8k	£121.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-03
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CHARLESWORTH, Daniel Albert resigned
director
2021-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-12-21
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Charge satisfied #5
2020-12-18
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HILL, Sharon appointed
director
2020-12-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-01-02
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CHARLESWORTH, Linda Joan appointed
director
2012-06-02
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EVANS, Michael resigned
director
2009-11-01
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BOOTH, Stephen Edward resigned
director
2009-09-18
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GODDARD, Alan resigned
director
2009-06-15
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BOOTH, Stephen Edward appointed
director
2009-05-01
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HIBBERT, Stephen resigned
director
2008-11-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2008-11-25
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Charge satisfied #4
2008-11-25
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-11-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-11-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-11-20
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-07-11
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BLATCH, Lisa Jannine appointed
secretary
2008-07-11
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HIBBERT, Stephen resigned
secretary
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2008-03-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-03-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-10-16
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BRADFORD, Robert appointed
director
2006-10-16
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GODDARD, Alan appointed
director
2006-10-01
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CHARLESWORTH, Gregory appointed
director
2006-10-01
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CHARLESWORTH JNR, Daniel appointed
director
2006-03-29
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COLLINS, Wendy Joy resigned
secretary
2006-03-29
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HIBBERT, Stephen appointed
secretary
2006-03-29
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BAKER, David John resigned
director
2006-03-29
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CHARLESWORTH, Daniel Albert appointed
director
2006-03-29
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EVANS, Michael appointed
director
2006-03-29
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HIBBERT, Stephen appointed
director
2002-10-28
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COLLINS, Wendy Joy appointed
secretary
2002-10-28
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GARRETT, Susan Janet resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Citipost Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Citipost Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CITIPOST MAIL LIMITED

This company · 03756000

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Citipost Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/03/2019
Mrs Linda Joan Charlesworth Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/01/2018
Mr Gregory Charlesworth Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/01/2018
Mr Daniel Charlesworth Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/01/2018
Mr Robert Bradford Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Daniel Albert Charlesworthceased 03/08/2021· significant influence

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

Incorporated1999-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

51 Hailey Road

Erith

Kent

DA18 4AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-25

Last: 2025-10-11