TOWING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04257932 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-24
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85530Driving school activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees500700

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-19
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    SKINNER, Antony, Mr. resigned
    director
  7. 2021-11-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-10-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-08-01
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    LEA, Kaeren Patricia resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-01
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    SKINNER, Antony, Mr. appointed
    director
  18. 2014-08-01
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    LEA, Raessa Anita appointed
    director
  19. 2001-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As TOWING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    LEA, Nigel David appointed
    director
  21. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    LEA, Kaeren Patricia appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-07-24
    ➖
    EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-07-24
    ➖
    EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel David Lea
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares25/07/2016
Miss Raessa Anita Lea
Individual · British · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/02/2021

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
Incorporated2001-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

The Old Dyehouse
London Road Terrace
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 7RN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LEA, Nigel David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-07-24
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Active
LEA, Raessa Anita→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEA, Kaeren Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2020-08-01
Resigned
EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2001-07-24
Resigned
SKINNER, Antony, Mr.→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-09-01 · resigned 2021-11-19
Resigned
EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2001-07-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-05