RED PENCIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04579323 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-01

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£16.8k

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

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 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

61 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,789

Net assets shrinking

Down £235 YoY

Cash YoY

+26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£23k

↑ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£17k

↓ 1.4% YoY

Current Assets

£66k

↑ 72% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£16.8k	£17.0k
Current assets	£65.7k	£38.2k
Cash	£23.2k	£18.5k
Debtors	£42.5k	£19.7k
Net assets	£16.8k	£17.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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2022-01-20
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2021-04-07
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2020-01-17
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2019-01-28
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2018-01-03
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capital · SH01
2017-11-28
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accounts · AA
2016-11-14
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2016-01-25
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2015-11-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-09
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accounts · AA
2014-12-05
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annual-return · AR01
2002-11-01
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Company incorporated
As RED PENCIL LIMITED
2002-11-01
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LEGGAT, Alec John Moore appointed
secretary
2002-11-01
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LEGGAT, Alec John Moore appointed
director
2002-11-01
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ROE, Natasha Helen appointed
director
2002-11-01
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-01
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2002-11-01
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2002-11-01
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2002-11-01
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2002-11-01
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Natasha Helen Roe Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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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

Incorporated2002-11-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

5 Tyrrell Road

East Dulwich

London

SE22 9NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEGGAT, Alec John Moore→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

LEGGAT, Alec John Moore→

director · ~72y · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

ROE, Natasha Helen→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01

Resigned

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