N.E. NUMBERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04805531 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-07
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  2. 2025-04-22
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  3. 2024-06-26
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  4. 2024-06-25
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  5. 2024-05-13
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  6. 2023-05-26
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  7. 2022-05-19
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  8. 2020-10-21
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  9. 2019-12-16
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  10. 2019-04-09
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  11. 2018-04-19
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  12. 2017-03-27
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  13. 2016-06-21
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  14. 2016-06-21
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  15. 2016-06-21
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  16. 2010-12-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2003-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As N.E. NUMBERS LIMITED
  18. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    EDMUNDSON, Maxine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    EDMUNDSON, Charles Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-20
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    EDMUNDSON, Maxine appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-20
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-20
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Graham Edmundson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Maxine Edmundson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Church Road
Tweedmouth
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 2AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

EDMUNDSON, Maxine→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-20
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EDMUNDSON, Charles Graham→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-06-20
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EDMUNDSON, Maxine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-06-20
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property20/12/2010—
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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-04-22
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2024-06-26
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2024-06-26
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2024-06-25
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2024-05-13
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2023-06-26
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2023-05-26
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2022-07-04
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2022-05-19
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2020-10-21
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