1 SWIFT STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04516651 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-21

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£4

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

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

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4

Very low cash

Cash position: £4

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4

~ YoY

Net Worth

£4

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£4	£4
Cash	£4	£4
Net assets	£4	£4

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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2022-10-14
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2021-11-18
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2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2020-03-18
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accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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officers · CH01
2019-09-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-11-13
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accounts · AA
2018-09-06
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officers · CH01
2018-09-06
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officers · CH03
2018-09-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-01
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2017-08-30
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officers · CH03
2017-08-30
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officers · CH01
2015-07-14
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STEWARD, Alice Phebe resigned
director
2013-08-19
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STEWARD, Alice Phebe appointed
director
2012-09-25
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WILLIAMS, Jeremy Lee appointed
secretary
2012-09-25
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BAPTIST, Simon resigned
secretary
2012-09-25
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BAPTIST, Simon resigned
director
2008-11-10
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WILLIAMS, Jeremy Lee appointed
director
2008-11-07
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SAVAGE, Helen resigned
secretary
2008-11-07
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SAVAGE, Helen resigned
director
2008-06-30
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SAVAGE, Helen appointed
secretary
2008-06-30
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SAVAGE, Helen appointed
director
2004-08-21
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ASHLEY, Claire Louise resigned
secretary
2004-08-21
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ASHLEY, Claire Louise resigned
director
2003-02-07
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BAPTIST, Simon appointed
secretary
2003-02-07
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BAPTIST, Simon appointed
director
2003-02-07
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HARMAN, Sara resigned
director
2002-08-21
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Company incorporated
As 1 SWIFT STREET LIMITED
2002-08-21
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MALHOTRA, John appointed
director
2002-08-21
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MC DONAGH, Mary appointed
director
2002-08-21
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ASHLEY, Claire Louise appointed
secretary
2002-08-21
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-21
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-21
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ASHLEY, Claire Louise appointed
director
2002-08-21
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HARMAN, Sara appointed
director
2002-08-21
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-21
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

75/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jeremy Lee Williams Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

115c Milton Road

Cambridge

CB4 1XE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Jeremy Lee→

secretary · appointed 2012-09-25

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Active

MALHOTRA, John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-21

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Active

MC DONAGH, Mary→

director · ~76y · appointed 2002-08-21

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Active

WILLIAMS, Jeremy Lee→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-10

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Active

ASHLEY, Claire Louise→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2004-08-21

Resigned

BAPTIST, Simon→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2012-09-25

Resigned

SAVAGE, Helen→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-30 · resigned 2008-11-07

Resigned

L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2002-08-21

Resigned

ASHLEY, Claire Louise→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2004-08-21

Resigned

BAPTIST, Simon→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2012-09-25

Resigned

HARMAN, Sara→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2003-02-07

Resigned

SAVAGE, Helen→

director · ~50y · appointed 2008-06-30 · resigned 2008-11-07

Resigned

STEWARD, Alice Phebe→

director · ~42y · appointed 2013-08-19 · resigned 2015-07-14

Resigned

L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2002-08-21

Resigned

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