I2I FINANCIAL PLANNING GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive
04367809 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-06
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
£15.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66220Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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, 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £15,690
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,590 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£41k£61k£81k£102kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£39.2k£37.3k
Current assets£101.5k£92.0k
Net assets£15.7k£19.3k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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  2. 2025-04-22
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  3. 2024-05-02
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  4. 2023-04-06
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  5. 2023-01-11
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  6. 2022-07-22
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  7. 2021-05-22
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  8. 2020-03-25
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  9. 2019-09-05
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  10. 2018-09-04
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  11. 2017-05-07
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  12. 2016-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-03
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    WATERFALL-BROWN, Lynne appointed
    secretary
  14. 2016-03-03
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    WATERFALL BROWN, Nigel Anthony resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-03-03
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  16. 2016-03-03
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  17. 2016-03-03
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  18. 2002-02-15
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    DRAKE, Michael John appointed
    director
  19. 2002-02-15
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    WATERFALL BROWN, Nigel Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2002-02-15
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    WATERFALL BROWN, Nigel Anthony appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-02-13
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2002-02-13
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2002-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As I2I FINANCIAL PLANNING GROUP LTD
  24. 2002-02-06
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-02-06
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Anthony Waterfall-Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Michael John Drake
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2002-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

1 Chancery Lane
Darlington
DL1 5QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WATERFALL-BROWN, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRAKE, Michael John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERFALL BROWN, Nigel Anthony→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERFALL BROWN, Nigel Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-15 · resigned 2016-03-03
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-06 · resigned 2002-02-13
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-06 · resigned 2002-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11