AKRISTOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04298682 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-03
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
67 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,001
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,902 YoY
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£39k
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£39k£52k£65kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£29.0k£47.9k
Current assets£44.7k£64.8k
Cash£39.1k£60.4k
Debtors£5.6k£4.4k
Net assets£29.0k£47.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-06-05
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  3. 2024-10-31
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  4. 2024-05-01
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  5. 2023-12-14
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    EVANS, Michael resigned
    director
  6. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-17
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  15. 2015-10-08
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  16. 2015-06-25
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  17. 2001-12-06
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    WINTERS, Craig Aaron appointed
    director
  18. 2001-12-06
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    EVANS, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2001-10-05
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    BIGGS, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-05
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    BIGGS, Andrew John appointed
    director
  21. 2001-10-05
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    RHODES, Christopher Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-05
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-10-05
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  24. 2001-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AKRISTOS LIMITED
  25. 2001-10-03
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-10-03
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 Andrew John Biggs
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Florida Close
Hot Lane Industrial Estate
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffs
ST6 2DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BIGGS, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIGGS, Andrew John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-10-05
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Active
RHODES, Christopher Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTERS, Craig Aaron→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned
EVANS, Michael→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-12-06 · resigned 2023-12-14
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
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officers · TM01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11