ASSIGNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03876828 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-15
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£392.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £392,331
Cash YoY
+86%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£189k
↑ 86% YoY
Net Worth
£392k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£673k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£135k£269k£404k£538k£673kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£404.0k£370.8k
Current assets£672.7k£542.1k
Cash£188.6k£101.6k
Debtors£331.1k£284.3k
Net assets£392.3k£355.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-14
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  4. 2022-12-06
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  5. 2022-09-23
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  6. 2021-09-08
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  7. 2020-08-06
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  8. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2018-12-05
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  10. 2018-12-05
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  11. 2018-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-12-04
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    CHARD, Daniel Philip appointed
    director
  13. 2018-12-04
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    VAN RAALTE, Alexander Karl resigned
    director
  14. 2018-12-04
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    VAN RAALTE, Peter John Abraham resigned
    director
  15. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2017-09-21
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  17. 2016-09-28
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  18. 2016-01-06
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  19. 2011-03-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2004-11-16
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    COLE, Kathleen Isobel resigned
    director
  21. 2000-12-01
    ➖
    COLE, John resigned
    director
  22. 2000-12-01
    ➕
    COLE, Kathleen Isobel appointed
    director
  23. 2000-09-01
    ➖
    FINLAYSON, Ian resigned
    director
  24. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    FINLAYSON, Ian appointed
    director
  25. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    VAN RAALTE, Alexander Karl appointed
    director
  26. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    VAN RAALTE, Peter John Abraham appointed
    director
  27. 1999-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSIGNS LIMITED
  28. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    COLE, Nicholas Johnathan appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    COLE, Nicholas Johnathan appointed
    director
  30. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-11-15
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    COLE, John appointed
    director
  33. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1999-11-15
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Assigns Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ASSIGNS LIMITED
This company · 03876828

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Assigns Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1999-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 21 Jubilee Trade Centre
Jubilee Road
Letchworth
Hertfordshire
SG6 1SP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

COLE, Nicholas Johnathan→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARD, Daniel Philip→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Nicholas Johnathan→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned
COLE, John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 2000-12-01
Resigned
COLE, Kathleen Isobel→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-12-01 · resigned 2004-11-16
Resigned
FINLAYSON, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 2000-09-01
Resigned
VAN RAALTE, Alexander Karl→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 2018-12-04
Resigned
VAN RAALTE, Peter John Abraham→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 2018-12-04
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property29/03/2011—
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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-18