THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04389133 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-03-07

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£233.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (11 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £232,961

Cash YoY

-22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£390k

↓ 22% YoY

Net Worth

£233k

↑ 8.6% YoY

Current Assets

£485k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£233.0k	£214.5k
Current assets	£484.8k	£590.7k
Cash	£389.9k	£503.1k
Debtors	£94.9k	£87.6k
Net assets	£233.0k	£214.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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officers · CH01
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BWB SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2025-11-18
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officers · TM02
2025-11-11
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address · AD01
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-09-16
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STUDEMANN SCHULENBURG, Frederick appointed
director
2025-08-11
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2025-02-24
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2025-02-11
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RAMROOP, Shreya appointed
director
2025-01-17
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2024-12-02
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YATES, Robert resigned
director
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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accounts · AA
2021-02-09
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BEEVOR, Antony James, Sir resigned
director
2020-12-08
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TAYLOR, Sandra appointed
director
2020-09-22
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AHMED, Ailah appointed
director
2019-02-27
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TAYLOR, John Martin resigned
director
2017-12-31
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PROFFITT, Stuart Graham resigned
director
2017-12-19
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BAZALGETTE, Peter Lytton, Sir appointed
director
2016-11-22
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DANIEL, Caroline Frances appointed
director
2016-11-22
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FLORENCE, Peter Kenrick appointed
director
2016-11-22
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MCCARTHY, Rosamund Mary Irene appointed
director
2016-11-22
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MUNDY, James Toby appointed
director
2016-11-22
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STRAUS, Peter Quentin appointed
director
2016-11-22
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BEEVOR, Antony James, Sir appointed
director
2016-11-22
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TAYLOR, John Martin appointed
director
2016-11-22
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YATES, Robert appointed
director
2011-12-02
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BWB SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-12-02
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DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-03-07
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Company incorporated
As THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LIMITED
2002-03-07
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IRVING, Dorothy Sheila appointed
director
2002-03-07
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DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-03-07
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PROFFITT, Stuart Graham appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dorothy Sheila Irving Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Stuart Graham Proffittceased 31/12/2017· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2002-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Samuel Johnson Prize Ltd Sedulo London Office 605,

Albert House, 256-260 Old Street,

London

EC1V 9DD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25