OPENSALE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04436086 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
82 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-05
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-05-21
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  7. 2024-05-21
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2024-03-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-02-28
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2024-02-22
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-01-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2021-01-14
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2021-01-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2002-05-20
    ➕
    SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-05-20
    ➕
    SHADBOLT, Janet Nicola appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-20
    ➕
    SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth appointed
    director
  22. 2002-05-20
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-05-20
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OPENSALE LIMITED
  25. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 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
Mrs Janet Nicola Shadbolt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2020
Mr Paul Kenneth Shadbolt
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Janet Nicola Shadboltceased 15/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

6 Tilehouse Street
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG5 2DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHADBOLT, Janet Nicola→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-20
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-11
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-05-21
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15