180 SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04778721 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£904
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
65 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £904
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,258 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£904
↓ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£22kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£904£6.2k
Current assets£13.2k£21.8k
Net assets£904£6.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 180 SOLUTIONS LTD
  18. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    SHARMA, Anup Kumar appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    O'DOWD, Robert George appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    PANTER, Scilla Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-28
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-28
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-05-28
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert George O'Dowd
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2003-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18130 — SIC 18130

Registered office

C/O Day & Co Scottish Provident House
76-80 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SHARMA, Anup Kumar→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DOWD, Robert George→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PANTER, Scilla Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-28
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
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accounts · AA
2024-07-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-05