CERTRA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04214161 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-10
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-11
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  13. 2017-05-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2016-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-10-01
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    JONES, Keith appointed
    director
  17. 2001-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CERTRA LIMITED
  18. 2001-05-10
    ➕
    LAVERACK, Julia Kirsten appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-05-10
    ➕
    THE HEIGHTEC GROUP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. 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

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

Group structure

The Heightec Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Heightec Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CERTRA LIMITED
This company · 04214161

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
The Heightec Group Ltd
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lake District Business Park
Mint Bridge Road
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 6NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAVERACK, Julia Kirsten→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Keith→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
THE HEIGHTEC GROUP LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-01