I.M.S. (LONDON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04179849 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-15
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£776.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £775,985
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£776k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£391k£781k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£792.7k£811.1k
Current assets£1.56M£1.95M
Cash£1.06M£1.45M
Debtors£505.7k£501.6k
Net assets£776.0k£744.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-15
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-25
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    BAILEY, Filiz Sevil Dilek appointed
    director
  11. 2019-10-25
    ➖
    UMIT, Filiz Sevil Dilek resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-10-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-10-25
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-08-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2015-06-08
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    UMIT, Turul Osman appointed
    director
  19. 2015-06-08
    ➕
    UMIT, Filiz Sevil Dilek appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-01-02
    ➖
    UMIT, Turul Osman resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-01
    ➖
    MAHMUT, Erkan resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-12-01
    ➕
    UMIT, Turul Osman appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-04-23
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-23
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    SHEFKET, Susan appointed
    director
  26. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    MAHMUT, Erkan appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As I.M.S. (LONDON) LIMITED
  28. 2001-03-15
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-03-15
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Turul Osman Umit
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/03/2017

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
Incorporated2001-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

The Town House, 114-116 Fore Street
Hertford
SG14 1AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BAILEY, Filiz Sevil Dilek→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHEFKET, Susan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UMIT, Turul Osman→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAHMUT, Erkan→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2002-12-01
Resigned
UMIT, Filiz Sevil Dilek→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-08 · resigned 2019-10-25
Resigned
UMIT, Turul Osman→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2014-01-02
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-15 · resigned 2002-04-23
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-15 · resigned 2002-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09