FORTRESS (GB) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03799095 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-01

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Average employees	6400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-06-22
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-06-22
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-12
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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undefined · ANNOTATION
2022-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-11-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-10-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-10-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-05-22
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-07-28
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MARTIN, Oliver appointed
secretary
2017-07-28
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APPLE, Uzi appointed
director
2017-07-28
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KLIMT, Alexander Mark David appointed
director
2012-08-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2010-10-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-10-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-06-01
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NAGGAR, Jonathan appointed
director
2010-05-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2009-06-19
➖
WONG, Kwai Choy resigned
director
2007-05-26
➕
PINNICK, Richard Daniel appointed
secretary
2007-05-25
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ROSENTHAL, James resigned
secretary
2005-08-23
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WONG, Kwai Choy appointed
director
2003-04-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank Leumi (UK) PLC
2001-09-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank Leumi (UK) PLC
2001-06-15
➕
VAGO, Gabriel appointed
director
2000-09-25
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GREEN, Shirley Ann resigned
secretary
2000-09-25
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ROSENTHAL, James appointed
secretary
1999-07-01
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Company incorporated
As FORTRESS (GB) LIMITED
1999-07-01
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ESHET-VAGO, Anat appointed
director
1999-07-01
➕
GREEN, Shirley Ann appointed
secretary
1999-07-01
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-01
➖
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-01
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-07-01
➖
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gabriel Vago Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/07/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Andoma Investment Holdings Ltdceased 11/07/2017· 50-75% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-07-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Tavistock House

Tavistock Square

London

WC1H 9LG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23