Q & K OPTICAL YORKSHIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04820471 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-03
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 22.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.4 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: medium (73/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
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
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 3300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-04➕KING, Charlie Jack appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➕KING, Jessica Courtney appointeddirector
- 2024-12-19✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-11-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-11-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-11-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-11-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-25➕QUIRKE, David appointeddirector
- 2024-10-25➖GROPPER, David Max resignedsecretary
- 2024-10-25➖DIXON, Daniel Anthony resigneddirector
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2003-12-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-11-23➕GROPPER, David Max appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-22➖GEORGE, Robert Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2003-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs Q & K OPTICAL YORKSHIRE LIMITED
- 2003-07-03➕GEORGE, Robert Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-03➕SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-03➖SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-03➕DIXON, Daniel Anthony appointeddirector
- 2003-07-03➕CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-07-03➖CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-12-19: certificate-change-of-name-company
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️majority
Q&K Optical Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
🏛️significant stake
Square Eyecare Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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Q & K OPTICAL YORKSHIRE LIMITED
This company · 04820471
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q&K Optical Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 25/10/2024 |
Square Eyecare Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/10/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Daniel Anthony Dixonceased 25/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
Suite 11 Dunston House
Livingstone Road
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 0EG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
KING, Charlie Jack→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KING, Jessica Courtney→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
QUIRKE, David→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2024-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEORGE, Robert Christopher→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-11-22
GROPPER, David Max→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-11-23 · resigned 2024-10-25
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-03
DIXON, Daniel Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2024-10-25
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-03
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/12/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08