INFORMATION RESOURCES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
📈Growthactive
03926632 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
- · Lifecycle stage: zombie → growth
- · Investment thesis: zombie_hold → growth_story
- · Deal-killer verdict: clean → high-friction
- · Bankability: 75 → 80
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 25.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 3 improved, 2 worsened.
- ↑Lifecycle stage: zombie → growth
- ·Investment thesis: zombie_hold → growth_story
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → high-friction
- ↑Bankability: 75 → 80
- ↓Live charges: 0 → 1
- +2 more
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
32 officers (3 active, 32 linked, 26 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
137 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £225,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £225.0k | £90.0k |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-22➖O'BRIEN, Kirsty resigneddirector
- 2024-10-14➕SPRINGETT, Patricia appointeddirector
- 2024-10-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-01➕HOLMAN, Hannah appointeddirector
- 2021-03-01➖GILLESPIE, Robert Alistair Martin resigneddirector
- 2021-03-01➕O'BRIEN, Kirsty appointeddirector
- 2021-03-01➖VERMEER, Daniel Marinus Maria resigneddirector
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-25➖SHELDRAKE, Peter John resigneddirector
- 2018-05-25➕VERMEER, Daniel Marinus Maria appointeddirector
- 2017-08-14➖CROUCH, Jennifer Louise resigneddirector
- 2017-07-10➕GILLESPIE, Robert Alistair Martin appointeddirector
- 2017-06-08➖SHIELDS, Geoffrey Brian resigneddirector
- 2016-02-26➕CROUCH, Jennifer Louise appointeddirector
- 2016-02-26➖HAAN, John Edward resigneddirector
- 2015-02-17➕SHIELDS, Geoffrey Brian appointeddirector
- 2012-11-15➕GILPIN, Sally Jane appointedsecretary
- 2012-08-07➖GEORGE, Philip Roger Perkins resignedsecretary
- 2012-08-07➕HAAN, John Edward appointeddirector
- 2012-08-07➖NUTTALL, Richard resigneddirector
- 2012-08-07➖RAE, Neil, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2012-08-07➖RAVI KUMAR, Balasingham resigneddirector
- 2012-08-07➕SHELDRAKE, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2012-08-07➖WHISCOMBE, Phil John resigneddirector
- 2012-03-31➖DALGLEISH, Bruce Warren resigneddirector
- 2012-03-31➕RAE, Neil, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2010-07-13➕NUTTALL, Richard appointeddirector
- 2010-01-31➖TIBBITTS, John Alfred Neville resigneddirector
- 2009-12-31➕DALGLEISH, Bruce Warren appointeddirector
- 2009-12-31➖DOUGHTY, William Robert resigneddirector
- 2009-05-11➕RAVI KUMAR, Balasingham appointeddirector
- 2009-05-11➖SEMPLE, Brian Mervyn resigneddirector
- 2009-01-30➖CONLON, David George resigneddirector
- 2009-01-30➕SEMPLE, Brian Mervyn appointeddirector
- 2007-12-17➕CONLON, David George appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 80 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Equitix Education 2 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Equitix Education 2 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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INFORMATION RESOURCES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 03926632
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Equitix Education 2 Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
3rd Floor (South) 200 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16
Officers (3 active · 29 resigned)
GILPIN, Sally Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLMAN, Hannah→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPRINGETT, Patricia→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEORGE, Philip Roger Perkins→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-03 · resigned 2012-08-07
THOMPSON, Harold Lister→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-04-09 · resigned 2004-03-03
TIBBITTS, John Alfred Neville→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-08-23 · resigned 2001-04-09
BONDLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-16 · resigned 2000-08-23
BYRNE, James Anthony John→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2006-03-22
CONLON, David George→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2007-12-17 · resigned 2009-01-30
CROUCH, Jennifer Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2016-02-26 · resigned 2017-08-14
DALGLEISH, Bruce Warren→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-12-31 · resigned 2012-03-31
DOUGHTY, William Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2009-12-31
GILBEY, Hannah→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2005-11-07
GILLESPIE, Robert Alistair Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2021-03-01
HAAN, John Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2012-08-07 · resigned 2016-02-26
LAWSON, Ian Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2001-04-09 · resigned 2002-07-08
LINDSAY, David Boyd→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2000-10-27 · resigned 2005-12-22
MCCULLOCH, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2006-12-18
MITCHELL, Cyril Leslie→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2000-08-23 · resigned 2000-11-30
NUTTALL, Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-07-13 · resigned 2012-08-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale | Charge over shares and securities | 1 property | 23/08/2000 | — |
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Recent filings (137 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-25