8SQA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04843168 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-23

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£18

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £18

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18

~ YoY

Current Assets

£18

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£18	£18
Current assets	£18	£18
Net assets	£18	£18

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-05-27
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officers · AP01
2026-02-25
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ONSLOW SMITH, Jonathan Christopher appointed
director
2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-09-10
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officers · TM01
2025-08-20
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GORDON LENNOX, Alexandra, Lady resigned
director
2025-03-25
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officers · TM01
2025-02-14
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DE RENZY-MARTIN, Henry resigned
director
2024-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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CURTIS-MACKENZIE, Robert Allen appointed
secretary
2022-01-27
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HOPEWELL, Patricia Mary resigned
secretary
2022-01-27
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officers · AP03
2022-01-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-17
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accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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accounts · AA
2015-11-23
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GODDARD, Katherine Hannah appointed
director
2015-11-23
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GORDON LENNOX, Alexandra, Lady appointed
director
2015-06-24
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BLAKE, Helena Ann, Ms. resigned
director
2014-12-10
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DE RENZY-MARTIN, Henry appointed
director
2012-06-25
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MARCUS, Jason Dean, Mr. appointed
director
2012-06-25
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ROCHE, Mark Clifford resigned
director
2007-07-27
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JAMES, Isobel resigned
director
2007-07-27
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JAMES, Rhodri Wyn resigned
director
2006-10-27
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NORRIS, Richard Graham Thomas resigned
director
2005-10-07
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BLAKE, Helena Ann, Ms. appointed
director
2005-10-07
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BOLAND, Anthony Calvin resigned
director
2005-10-07
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JAMES, Isobel appointed
director
2005-10-07
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JAMES, Rhodri Wyn appointed
director
2005-08-25
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BOLAND, Helena Ann resigned
secretary
2005-08-25
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HOPEWELL, Patricia Mary appointed
secretary
2004-09-02
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HARDLESS, Lorna Netta Alice resigned
director
2003-07-23
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Company incorporated
As 8SQA LIMITED
2003-07-23
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HOPEWELL, Patricia Mary appointed
director
2003-07-23
➕
MASON, Anne appointed
director
2003-07-23
➕
BOLAND, Helena Ann appointed
secretary
2003-07-23
➕
BOLAND, Anthony Calvin appointed
director
2003-07-23
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HARDLESS, Lorna Netta Alice appointed
director
2003-07-23
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NORRIS, Richard Graham Thomas appointed
director
2003-07-23
➕
ROCHE, Mark Clifford appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Incorporated2003-07-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

58 Adam Avenue

Great Sutton

Cheshire

CH66 4LH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-22

Last: 2026-07-08