001 LTD
🌳Matureactive
04143196 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-18
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 69). 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
3 live charges · oldest 15.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.6 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: medium (57/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-05➖SMITH, Timothy Edward resigneddirector
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-16➖GLASSON, Sunny resigneddirector
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-20➕SMITH, Timothy Edward appointeddirector
- 2019-04-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-04-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-04-29🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2019-04-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-12-08➕GLASSON, Sunny appointeddirector
- 2012-12-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2012-03-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2010-12-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2001-01-18🏢Company incorporatedAs 001 LTD
- 2001-01-18➕HAMSHERE, Jane Louise appointedsecretary
- 2001-01-18➕HAMSHERE, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2001-01-18➕HAMSHERE, Jane Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony John Hamshere Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Jane Louise Hamshere Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
4 Cedar Court
Parkway Porters Wood
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 6PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
HAMSHERE, Jane Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-01-18
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HAMSHERE, Anthony John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2001-01-18
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HAMSHERE, Jane Louise→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2001-01-18
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GLASSON, Sunny→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2014-12-08 · resigned 2022-08-16
SMITH, Timothy Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2019-05-20 · resigned 2024-12-05
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 05/12/2012 | 29/04/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/03/2012 | 29/04/2019 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/12/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (80 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-15